Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all the witnesses today. I am honoured and glad to have you here, bringing the perspectives that are needed at this time.
I will be directing most, if not all, of my questions to Mr. Livingstone today, who happens to be from New Brunswick, a province I happen to be from as well.
Mr. Livingstone, you mentioned a lot about the bureaucratic barriers that are inhibiting the ability of farms to maximize their potential and to help lead us in a direction towards more food security in Canada.
What would be some suggestions that you would have to help alleviate those barriers at a national and localized level? I just wanted to start off by asking that.