Okay. Thank you.
Are there any other comments?
I invite the witnesses from the second panel, then. Since the others are online, I will invite Mr. Harris in particular to join us and take his seat.
We have all the witnesses before us. They will make their three presentations of five minutes each.
I would like to officially welcome our witnesses.
First of all, I have to say that Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare Services and Manulife were invited for May 29, but we cancelled that meeting. I have to thank them for being here today to participate in this session.
We will begin with the Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare Services, represented by Phil Marcus, vice-president of operations, SISIP Financial, by videoconference.
From Manulife, also by video conference, we have Mr. Godfrey Jerry, assistant vice-president, life and disability operations; and Maureen McGrath, manager, Canadian Armed Forces long-term disability vocational rehabilitation program.
From the Department of Veterans Affairs, we have Steven Harris, assistant deputy minister, Service Delivery Branch; Trudie MacKinnon, acting director general, Centralized Operations Division, by videoconference; and Melanie MacDonald, team lead, Disability Benefits Entitlement Eligibility Guidelines Modernization Initiative.
We will begin with opening statements.
Since Godfrey Jerry, assistant vice-president of Manulife, will have to leave us, I invite him to make his opening statement.
Mr. Jerry, I'll let you know when your five minutes are up.