Welcome, everyone. I'm sorry for the little bit of a delay. We had a little problem on where we were all meeting, so we're glad we have as many people here now as we do.
Welcome, again, to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, meeting number 26. Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), this is our study of plans and priorities of CBC/Radio-Canada.
Today we welcome our witnesses before us.
Before we start this meeting, I'd like to go over a couple of things. I want to remind members of the relevant legislation and point out that any questions that overstep the statutory limits set out in the Broadcasting Act or that inappropriately infringe on CBC/Radio-Canada's operational independence will have to be ruled out of order.
I'm sure we'll all have a good and profitable discussion today as we seek to learn more about the plans and priorities of CBC/Radio-Canada and how our public broadcaster is fulfilling its public mandate and serving our great country.
With that, gentlemen, I invite you to make your opening statements.
Go ahead on a point of clarification, sir.