Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all the witnesses. I want to say how nice it is to be here. I've never been to Portage La Prairie before, but by the time I landed yesterday, having listened to Mr. Pallister describe every single farm as we flew in...he knew who owned every farm, and what was being grown there. He didn't tell us how they voted, but looking at the results of the last election, there's not much question. The people here can certainly be proud of their native son; he's an excellent chair of this committee.