Thank you, Madam Chair.
Again, thank you to all of the witnesses for being here today.
I enjoyed speaking with Mr. Pelissero at the beginning. I indicated to him that in a previous life, before getting into politics, I worked with the Dairy Farmers of Ontario. I got to know one of his former employees, Mr. Mitchell. I had the pleasure of working with him for several years on the supply management aspect.
I think you can see that many here—I believe all of us, in terms of the political side—support the supply management side. If we have any concerns, I would say it's just the aspect of codifying this and the impact it might have on other agricultural sectors going forward in any potential trade negotiations.
I'm going to go to Mr. Currie first.
We've had Pulse Canada, the Grain Growers of Canada, the National Cattle Feeders’ Association, the Canadian Cattle Association and the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance come forward and speak about their concerns about what putting this into legislation may do.
My question is how CFA considers that when it comes forward. I think Mr. Drouin was reaching the same point. Others have come forward sharing their concerns.
As a global organization representing all of Canada—this is for the Canadian farm association—how does one rectify that or coalesce those competing ideas?