Good afternoon everyone. Thank you for coming. I would like to in particular thank the President of the Treasury Board who is honouring us with his presence this afternoon. We usually sit in the morning but today we are sitting in the afternoon in order to include Mr. Clement in our study on open data.
Without any further delay I will give him the floor to make his opening statement. Committee members will then have the opportunity to ask him questions.
Mr. Clement, you have the floor.