I call this meeting to order.
Colleagues, welcome to meeting number 87 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food.
I'm going to start with just a few reminders. Of course, today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format. The proceedings will be made available via the House of Commons website. As everyone is aware, the webcast always shows the person speaking rather than the entirety of the committee. Of course, screenshots are not permitted.
I'm going to skip over the rest. You all know what we're here for.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on Thursday, October 19, 2023, the committee is resuming its study on efforts to stabilize food prices.
I would now like to welcome the witnesses for today's panel. For the first hour, from Walmart Canada Corporation, we have Gonzalo Gebara, who is the president and chief executive officer. He is joining us via virtual means this morning. Welcome, Mr. Gebara.
We're going to allow five minutes for opening remarks. I'll allow a little give-or-take. If you need a little more than five minutes, that's fine, Mr. Gebara. Then we're going to turn to questions. We'll do that for an hour.
We have Mr. Weston coming in for the second hour.
Mr. Gebara, we go over to you for up to five minutes.