Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all of our witnesses for being here today. I'd like to concentrate mainly on Monsieur Charlebois and then maybe get to the mead and honey alcohol producers.
I want to say to Mr. Prowten and Dr. Weisman, thank you for the work you do. Connecting me with local advocates like the Findlater family in West Kelowna has really changed my thinking on what we can do as a country. I want to thank you for your work, and I'm very glad that my colleague, MP Stewart, has been asking questions.
To start with, Mr. Charlebois, thank you for being here. You've been a little critical of the government in saying that the White House is looking to try to effect as many policies as it can to help Americans cope with inflation.
You've been very critical of the government. As a G7 country, we've seen others—Joe Biden being one of them, I guess—propose in the United States to open up the strategic gas reserves. We don't have those strategic gas reserves here, but we do have what Conservatives have proposed: a cut to the GST on diesel and regular gas as a way to allow businesses, especially those that are affected, save a bit of money so that they can cope with it but also, especially, for those with low incomes or on fixed incomes.
Do you think a GST break on diesel and fuel in general would help at the agricultural level and in the grocery chain, as well as with consumers?