Welcome, witnesses and anybody in the audience who just came in.
As many of you know, we are the international trade committee of the House of Commons. We are represented by all parties. The study we are doing right now is on the TPP, and we're travelling across the country. We're going to go to every province and we're also going to Skype with the territories.
We have heard lots of witnesses in Ottawa, and we're also getting a lot of submissions from the general public. We started off with 5,000 last week, or 10,000 by the weekend, and now we have over 15,000, so there is a lot of interest. Of course, it is a big deal. There's $1 trillion worth of trade in this TPP. One way or another, it will affect every Canadian to a certain extent, whether you are buying goods or selling them. It is a big deal and is something that is very concerning, so we are out here travelling. We did British Columbia yesterday. Today we're in Alberta, and we're just going to keep going east from here.
We now have our last panel from Alberta. For the next hour we are going to have the Alberta Chicken Producers, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Products, and the Canadian Federation of Musicians. We will begin with Erna Ference of the Chicken Producers.
Welcome. You have five minutes. Go ahead and state your case.