Good morning, everybody. Welcome to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.
We're very pleased today to have a couple of guests as witnesses for our study on Canada's 150th anniversary in 2017. We have Jeffrey Cyr, from the National Association of Friendship Centres, and Clément Chartier, president of the Métis National Council. Welcome to you two gentlemen.
We're scheduled to go to about 10:15 with our witnesses and questions. Then we'll have half an hour for committee business. We'd like to discuss in committee business December's agenda as well as the motion by Mr. Benskin.
With that, we'll get started. We'll start with you, Mr. Chartier. You have ten minutes for your opening comments. The floor is yours.