Okay, we're good.
Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Berg, I don't mean to put you on the spot, but we're going to expedite you by about an hour. If you wouldn't mind coming up to the front of the room, maybe we'll have the clerk address you.
Colleagues, we'll take a few more minutes and then we're going to proceed.
To our folks who are online, I know you have your technical headsets. Normally we don't have issues, but, for whatever reason, we do, and I have to take my direction from the folks in the translation booth about their health and safety. We will reschedule you and we will make sure that the room is better equipped, or we'll try to have you come in person and get this solved.
Madam Clerk, I'll ask you to reach out to Mr. Guzman and perhaps mention that we are having technical difficulties and will have to reschedule.
Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Berg, if you could kindly come up to the front of the room and join Mr. Rosser, we'll get started in just a few minutes.
Thanks, colleagues. We'll pause until that time.
Colleagues, now we are going to get started.
Welcome to meeting number 58 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food.
As I mentioned in my previous remarks, we're having technical difficulties for those witnesses seeking to participate virtually, so we're going to move forward with the hybrid panel and the folks in the room.
We have Tom Rosser, who serves with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Thank you, Tom, for being here today. You are no stranger to this committee.
We also have Jake Berg, who serves as the chair of the Canadian Honey Council. I believe he resides in Saskatchewan. Welcome to the committee, and thank you for making the trip in.
From Oxford Frozen Foods Ltd., we have John Hamilton, who serves in Nova Scotia. It's great to have a fellow Bluenoser before the committee. Thanks for making the trip to be here.
Folks, normally it would be about five minutes in terms of opening statements. I'd ask you to keep it around that, but we obviously have a little bit of flexibility, given what has transpired.
Let me just read out one more thing before I get in trouble.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motions adopted by the committee on Wednesday, October 5, 2022, and Monday, April 17, 2023, the committee is resuming its study of the environmental contribution of agriculture, with this meeting being specific to the topic of bee mortality. I know we have great folks in front of us to talk about that very important subject.
Tom, I'm going to start with you, from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. You can lead off, and then we'll go down the line.