I call the meeting to order.
Welcome to the 96th meeting of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.
Welcome to all of you. Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the Standing Orders. Members are attending in person in the room and remotely using the Zoom application.
While public health authorities and the Board of Internal Economy no longer require masks to be worn in or at the House of Commons, masks, including N95 masks, remain excellent tools to prevent the spread of COVID‑19 and other respiratory illnesses. Their use is strongly encouraged.
I would like to take this opportunity to remind all participants and observers in this meeting that screenshots or photos of your screen are not permitted.
Our meeting room has a very good audio system, but audio feedback is possible, which can be extremely harmful to the health of our interpreters. Please be extremely careful: when you are handling your earpiece, for example, make sure that it is not near a microphone that is on.
We will obviously hold the meeting in both official languages. The work of the interpreters is extremely important. Hello to the interpreters.
The first part of this meeting is the order in council appointment of Ms. Catherine Tait to the position of president of CBC/Radio-Canada.
Ms. Tait, the members around the table will be able to ask you questions in a few moments. Beside you are Barbara Williams, Executive Vice-President in charge of CBC, and Dany Meloul, Interim Executive Vice-President in charge of Radio-Canada. Welcome to all three of you.
Ms. Tait, you have five minutes for your opening remarks. You now have the floor.