Agriculture committee  I don't need to add any more. I'm very pleased that they're coming together. I am disappointed at how it happened. The minister knew and has actually complimented the committee for the work that it's doing on mental health, but nobody gave us any heads-up about what was coming.

Agriculture committee  I think the chair is nodding that I am done.

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much, Chair, and thank you to all of the witnesses. As my colleague Mr. Longfield said, we would not have heard about those true, real-life stories a few years ago. We would talk about them generally, but not the details. What we're actually wanting to do, even t

Agriculture committee  I want to talk about that just a little bit because I think one thing we've learned is that there are a number of impacts. I'm never really sure how we understand the difference. You can talk to some of us around this table who have walked through some of this. I really think tha

Agriculture committee  Devyn, I see you have your hand up. Would you just carry on, please?

Agriculture committee  I just had a thought about how the regionality across this country is so diverse. I would always be concerned, if we had a cash cropper talking to a fisherman. That's the peer-to-peer I hope you're talking about, Devyn. When we're in the agriculture and farming business, anxiet

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much to all of you for taking the time to be part of this discussion. Ms. Ashworth, in terms of the funding, you talked about the scenario of how it would be put together with the federal responsibility, to the province or the region, and then down to the local le

Agriculture committee  We're looking for recommendations and thoughts, so—

Agriculture committee  Mr. Chair, could I just ask them what they think is the best remedy in terms of the consultation to set up, to send that in? I'm very interested in the rural part, and how the federal and the provincial would come together, just to help us, so that it doesn't become a bureaucracy

Agriculture committee  Yes.

Agriculture committee  I have a point of order, Mr. Chairman.

Agriculture committee  I'm sorry. I know Mr. Longfield well and I have the greatest respect, but when we're trying to advance the number of individuals to come and be witnesses. It is not political games. This is actually likely one of the most serious issues that we have discussed, and I think having

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. We have an opportunity, colleagues. We've had some great testimony. We're actually coming to the end of the study, I think. I was just trying to find out the number of meetings. I think we're coming towards the end of it, unless we take an extension on it.

Agriculture committee  Absolutely: all of it.

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much. I appreciate the witnesses for coming. Mr. Guest, thank you for being here and putting a real person and a face on this issue. A number of years ago, two young students were working at a local business. They produced concrete form products. At the end of t