We'll get started.
The Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage is meeting today on our study of Canada's 150th anniversary in 2017. I'm very pleased to have a great panel of witnesses with us here today.
Welcome to all of our witnesses.
From the Canadian Museums Association, we have John McAvity, executive director; Kirstin Evenden, vice-president of the board and president and chief executive officer of the Glenbow Museum; and Benoît Légaré, board member and director.
From the Confederation Centre of the Arts, we have Jessie Inman, chief executive officer.
From the Société des musées québécois, we have Pierre Landry, president.
Again, welcome to all of you.
The way we proceed is that you'll all be given some time to make your opening presentation. Usually it's ten minutes, but we can be a little bit flexible today. Then we will have an opportunity for our members to ask some questions of you.
With that, I will turn it over to John McAvity from the Canadian Museums Association.