Committee members, the clerk has advised me that the witnesses' sound has been tested, as has that of Mr. Van Bynen, who is appearing remotely, so we're ready to begin.
I call this meeting to order. Welcome to meeting 97 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on June 13, the committee is continuing its study on intergenerational volunteerism.
Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format pursuant to the Standing Orders. Members and witnesses are appearing in the room and virtually.
I remind all members that you can choose the official language of your choice by using interpretation in the room. Those appearing virtually, simply look for the globe icon at the bottom of your Surface and click on the language of your choice. If there's an interruption in translation, please get my attention and we'll suspend while it's being corrected. I remind members, for the benefit of the translators, to please keep your phones as well as your headpiece away from the mic, at a distance from the mic. It does create popping, which can cause harm to the translators. As well, if you could just speak as slowly as possible most of the time, it does help the translation.
Direct all questions through me, the chair. Wait until I recognize you. To get my attention, please raise your hand if you're in the room or use the “raise hand” icon on your Surface to get my attention.
Now I would like to present the witnesses for this morning's meeting, with a particular welcome to Ms. MacKenzie. Ms. MacKenzie was scheduled before Christmas, and there were some issues with scheduling, so I do appreciate her accommodating our schedule.
As I indicated, Sharon MacKenzie is the executive director of i2i Intergenerational Society of Canada. We have Kascha Cassaday from Cyber-Seniors: Connecting Generations, executive director. From One City Peterborough, we have Christian Harvey, executive director. All are appearing by video conference.
We will begin with Ms. MacKenzie, but first Ms. Gray has a point of order.