Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I would like to call to order the second meeting of the legislative committee on Bill C-18.
As arose from our business meeting of yesterday, we have witnesses here to appear in the first two hours of this committee. Present with us today is John Knubley, the deputy minister from the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food, and Greg Meredith, the assistant deputy minister. From the Canadian Grain Commission, we have Murdoch MacKay. From Pulse Canada, we have Gordon Bacon.
Are we going to have that video conference, or is that not starting until later on?
We'll try to get those feeds going. Joining us will be Richard Phillips and Steve Vandervalk from the Grain Growers of Canada.
As has been discussed, this is the working group. All of these individuals are appearing under that collective banner as the working group, and we will only hear one ten-minute presentation before we proceed to the rounds of questioning, as laid out in our routine motions.
Mr. Knubley, I believe you will be giving us the ten-minute presentation on behalf of the working group. The floor is yours, sir. Welcome.