Very good. Thank you. We're just checking out the sound here.
Because of the weather, it's been suggested to me that perhaps we should hear Mr. Demers' presentation first in case we lose him as a result of the storm today, if that would be okay. Then we would go through 10-minute presentations from each of our three presenters this morning.
Welcome, also, to Monica Auer and Al MacKay, from the Forum for Research and Policy in Communications.
Thank you for being here.
From Carleton University we have Dwayne Winseck, professor, School of Journalism and Communication. These folks are with us, and we are ready to proceed.
We'll have 10-minute presentations from each of them and then we'll go through the questions from each member, as arranged. When those are exhausted, we have a few pieces of business to take care of and we will see whatever your wish is as to the length of the meeting at that point, once we've exhausted questions on our own business. I'll leave that to the committee members.
Welcome, everyone.
I'll turn it over to Mr. François Demers. Please go ahead with your presentation for us.