Good evening to members of the committee.
Good evening to our three witnesses.
Tonight we have Mr. Thomas LaSorda, vice-chairman and president of the Chrysler Corporation; Mr. Reid Bigland, president and chief executive officer of Chrysler Canada Inc.; and we have Madam Lorraine Shalhoub, the vice-president and general counsel, external affairs and public policy, Chrysler Canada Inc. Welcome, to all three of you.
We are undertaking a study of some of the challenges facing the Canadian auto sector. Your testimony will help us write a report and recommendations that will be submitted to Canada's House of Commons by the end of this month. I thank you very much for appearing.
We'll begin with an opening statement of approximately 10 minutes. You have the floor.