Thank you, Mr. Chair.
First of all, thank you to all the witnesses for joining us this morning.
Given the significant interest of Canada's wine industry in my riding of Niagara Falls, particularly in the town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, I'm going to be spending most of my time questioning Wine Growers of Canada and Mr. Paszkowski.
Mr. Paszkowski, in your testimony you had talked about how the sector had flourished since 2006 with the excise exemption that the previous Conservative government had brought in, and since that time how the sector has grown. Near the end of your commentary, unfortunately, you were getting to the end of your time.
I'm hoping you can get your comments into the record on how you think this new excise tax that will apply as of July 1 will impact the sector. How is it at risk?