Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank members of this committee for giving me a chance to participate, since reopening the Chinese market to Canadian canola is a huge priority for Saskatchewan.
I also want to ask ministers what actions the government will take to support canola producers until the Chinese market is reopened. As you know, the Saskatchewan government has asked for an expansion of the advance payments program to provide interest-free loans of up to $1 million. Is the federal government prepared to do that? And if you need to wait for the working group, when can we expect a concrete answer to that question?