(Motion agreed to)
Okay, we want to welcome our witnesses to the committee. We met with you before the Olympics, and now it's wonderful to meet you after the Olympics. WIth us today are the Canadian Olympic Committee and Own the Podium. We're very pleased to have at our committee, Marcel Aubut, the president of the Canadian Olympic Committee; Christopher Overholt, the chief executive officer and secretary general; and Caroline Assalian, the chief of sports. From Own the Podium we have Anne Merklinger, the chief executive officer, and Joanne Mortimore, the director of planning and operations.
Welcome and congratulations to all of you. We look forward to hearing from you. We also look forward to having an opportunity to ask you some questions.
Committee members, we're scheduled to go until 5 o'clock with this portion of the meeting, and from 5 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. we'll be discussing committee business.
With that, I will give the floor to Mr. Aubut for his opening remarks.