Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for making themselves available. We appreciate their being here. It's always very important to be able to consult everyone. In fact, we had already met with a few grocers, and I suggested that we invite them, because we really wanted to cover all grocers.
Mr. Allsop, I'm going to repeat what my colleague Ms. Dandurand said, but I tip my hat to Empire for having already agreed to sign the code of conduct. It's very important for us that the major chains sign it. You will understand that this is fundamental. If we don't have everyone's participation, it won't work, obviously. So we thank you.
I would like you to tell me, Mr. Allsop, what motivated Empire to sign the code of conduct now, even though the latest negotiations are not quite finalized.