I call this meeting to order.
It is ten to one, ten minutes earlier than our scheduled start, but we have five of our witnesses at the table, with a couple of empty spots, and we welcome others to join us as we go. One of the reasons I'm trying to start early, if possible, is because we always seem to run out of time, and the more we hear from witnesses, the better.
Before we start, I'd like to welcome all our witnesses here today, and thank you very much for taking the time out of your busy schedules to come and speak to us. We're looking forward to your opening remarks.
Try to keep your opening remarks to five to seven minutes. At the five-minute mark I'll give you a bit of notice. I won't be too tough on you, but try to be brief; it will leave more time for questioning, and through questions you can always enlarge on some of the parts that maybe you didn't get to address.
With that, I'm going to go from the list I have.
Mr. Stuart Person, you can open it up, please, for five to seven minutes. Thank you.