I’d like to thank the witnesses for their contribution to the committee’s work this evening.
My first questions are for the dairy producers.
You operate under the supply management system, which means the quantities you produce are determined by demand, in other words what people will consume, but prices are determined by production costs, with a bit of compensation added in.
The fact that all three recently signed agreements conceded market access means you have a smaller share of the market.
Describe for us, if you would, what the reduction in production quantities looks like. How many fewer family farms are there? How much is each farm losing?