Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for being with us today.
I want to build upon what my colleague mentioned earlier today. Several of us around this table support the supply management sector. In fact, I had meetings with the Dairy Farmers of Ontario just the other day in my office. In fact, I had the opportunity to work for the Dairy Farmers of Ontario.
Having said that, we are here to look at Bill C-282 and reconcile the two different kinds of visions that we're seeing here today.
I'm going to go to Mr. Sherman first.
Did the sponsor of the legislation reach out to your organization to seek feedback on this potential legislation?