I'll ask our guests and colleagues to take their seats, please.
I apologize to our witnesses for our late start.
In this panel before us, continuing our pre-budget consultations, we have seven organizations presenting: we have Polytechnics Canada; the Forest Products Association of Canada; the New Economy Alliance; the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences; the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association Inc.; the Native Women's Association of Canada; and the Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research.
Thank you all for being with us here today.
You each have up to a maximum of five minutes for an opening statement.
We'll begin with Ms. Robinson, please.