I'd like to call the 45th meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance to order.
I'll remind all of our guests today that taking pictures or video is not allowed during the actual committee deliberations. It's not my rule; it's the rule of the House of Commons.
We want to welcome you all here today. This is the third visit we've done. We started in Vancouver on Monday. We were in Edmonton yesterday. We're very pleased to be here in Yellowknife today, and I'm very much looking forward to a discussion. We're also doing some visits later today with the entire committee.
Thank you all for coming this morning. We look forward to a discussion. We're going to ask all of the organizations to present, and hopefully each of your presentations will be no more than five minutes long. We have eight organizations with us here today. Then we will go into a discussion with members of all political parties.
I'll just remind all of you that we will be in both official languages, so if you need assistance with French there is immediate interpretation available for you.
I'll start with the witnesses here before us. We have Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited; the Northern Territories Federation of Labour; the Pembina Institute, Arctic Energy Solutions Program; the Alberta Association of Colleges and Technical Institutes; Alternatives North; the Government of the Northwest Territories; the Municipality of Baker Lake; and the Public Service Alliance of Canada.
We will start with Mr. Connell, please, and then work our way down the line.