Good afternoon. I call to order the 22nd meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance. We are continuing our study of the retirement income security of Canadians.
We have four witnesses with us here today.
First we'll hear from Mr. Daniel Béland, who is the Canada Research Chair in Public Policy at the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Saskatchewan.
We have Ms. Arlene Borenstein. She's a representative of the Rights For Nortel Disabled Employees.
We have by video conference from Toronto Mr. Keith Ambachtsheer, director of the Rotman International Centre for Pension Management.
From Paris we have Mr. Edward Whitehouse, head of pension policy analysis, social policy division, from the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development.
Thank you all for being with us here today. We will go in that order and you will each have 10 minutes for an opening presentation.
Mr. Béland, go ahead, please.