Thanks, Chair.
Thanks to all of the witnesses for being here today. I have questions for all of them.
Off the top, though, I want to mention that Stripe confirmed, in multiple committee testimonies, that its board was not involved in any of the decision-making. I think that's important to mention on the record.
I want to pick up where we left off.
Last week, I had a great exchange with Sylvain Charleboix from Dalhousie University, a gentleman who is known, sometimes, as the “food professor”. What was interesting is that we came to an agreement. He agreed with comments I made about climate change being the number one challenge to, and biggest driver of, food price volatility. He also said it was the biggest threat to the agri-food sector.
Mr. Stanford, I wonder if you have any views on whether climate change is the biggest threat to the agri-food sector and is driving food price volatility.