Peter Schiefke at the Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Committee

I call this meeting back to order.

Colleagues, appearing before us for the second half of today's meeting, we have, from the Shipping Federation of Canada, Mr. Christopher Hall, president and chief executive officer, who's joining us in person. Welcome, sir.

Joining us online, we have Mr. Wade Sobkowich, who is the executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association. I want to welcome you too, sir.

We'll start with opening remarks by Mr. Hall.

I'll turn it over to you, and you have five minutes, sir.