Colleagues, the meeting is resumed.
In this second hour of our committee meeting, I'd like to welcome Yves Brodeur, who is the assistant deputy minister of the Afghanistan Task Force for the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade; and Stephen Wallace, the vice-president of the Afghanistan Task Force for the Canadian International Development Agency.
I'll ask Mr. Brodeur to give us an opening statement, followed by Mr. Wallace, and then, colleagues, we'll move through two rounds of questioning. One round will be seven minutes, followed by a five-minute round.
With that, Monsieur Brodeur, le micro est à vous.