Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Bonjour à tous. Welcome to the fifth meeting of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology. Today we have officials from the department who have come here as requested to give us an overview of the industry department.
We have with us Kelly Gillis, the chief financial officer, comptrollership and administration sector. We also have Simon Kennedy, senior associate deputy minister, and Mr. Richard Dicerni, the deputy minister.
We will begin with Mr. Dicerni's opening remarks right now.
Mr. Dicerni, thank you very much for coming.