Good morning, everybody. Welcome to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage and our study on the review of national protocol procedures.
We're very glad to have with us today the panel that we do.
First, from the Funeral Service Association of Canada, we have Scott MacLeod, Sue Lasher, and Brian McGarry.
From the Hotel Association of Canada, we have Tony Pollard, president.
Allan Cole is a mortuary affairs contractor for Department of National Defence and RCMP.
From the Correctional Service of Canada, we have Don Head, commissioner.
And from the International Association of Venue Managers, we have Richard Haycock, general manager.
Welcome to all of you. The way this usually works is that you'll have about seven minutes for opening remarks. Then we'll go into a time for questions and answers. We're scheduled to be in this meeting until about 12:50 p.m., when we'll have some committee business.
With that, I'll turn it over to you, Tony. Welcome. It's good to see you again. We look forward to your remarks.
The floor is yours.