Welcome, ladies and gentlemen. I'll call to order meeting number 21 of the Standing Committee on National Defence.
Today we have some special guests. We're very pleased that they took the time out of their busy schedules. It's a long way to come to visit with us. We appreciate that you made the effort to do that.
I think there are some key points our visitors have that they want us to comment on. I'll just have them introduce themselves, then if we could, we'll go around the table and start with our usual format and have people introduce themselves and where they're from. Then we'll get into the gist of the matter.
Welcome, Madam Tobias. I'll just let you have a few minutes to introduce your people and maybe give us a little background on why you decided to come to visit us.