Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
This is the third meeting of the legislative committee on Bill C-18. As discussed previously, from the witness list, we have presenting today, Mr. Ian McCreary, farmer and former director at the Canadian Wheat Board. On behalf of the Canadian Wheat Board, we have Allen Oberg, the chair. Accompanying him is Stewart Wells, director for District 3. And appearing from the University of Saskatchewan is Professor Kenneth Rosaasen.
Gentlemen, the rules we have decided here at the committee are that we will have 10-minute presentations by witnesses, followed by questioning by members of the committee.
Given that we have three presenters here wishing to make 10-minute presentations, I will ask you to keep your remarks as concise as possible. If you don't need to use your full 10 minutes, I would encourage you to use only the time you need. The meat and potatoes of the discussion will likely come during the questioning rounds.
We'll then proceed to five-minute question and answer rounds by members of the committee. Given the fact that we have such little time in this first hour, I will be a little more firm with the use of that five-minute window than I have been in the past.
Who would like to present first? Mr. Oberg, would you like to go? You have 10 minutes, sir. The floor is yours.