Agriculture committee  Yes.

Agriculture committee  Thanks, Mr. Chair. I think I was pretty clear in my discussion that this is extremely timely in that potatoes are perishable. We are not back until January 27. At that point, it's too late to have this discussion to find out what's going on. Why is it on the 22nd? These are professional bureaucrats, and a week is plenty of time to prepare an hour presentation.

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would like to put forward a motion for, hopefully, a brief discussion. I have had discussions with all of the parties on this, so I don't suspect this will be a difficult discussion. My motion reads: That the committee hold a three-hour meeting by December 22, 2021, to hear one panel on the extreme flooding and landslides in the province of British Columbia for the first hour with the following witnesses: officials from the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food and officials from the Department of Public Safety; and one panel on the interim suspension of certification of all potatoes originating from Prince Edward Island to the United States with the following witnesses: officials from the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, the Premier of Prince Edward Island and the Minister of Agriculture and Land, and the P.E.I.

Agriculture committee  I nominate Kody Blois for chair.