It's a pleasure to be here. I'm pleased to make my first intervention as a parliamentarian at the finance committee. Thank you for having me this evening.
I think we're debating an important amendment this evening, and a number of important amendments that my colleagues have put forward.
I did note that there are, I think, officials still in the room with respect to the meeting this evening. In particular, I noticed on the witness list some officials from the Canada Food Inspection Agency. Of course, my constituency is rural, with a predominantly agricultural economy in southwestern Manitoba, bordering Saskatchewan, with a lot of food—