I call this meeting to order. This is meeting number 29 of the Standing Committee on Finance. In accordance with the orders of the day, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), we are continuing our study of youth employment in Canada. I want to thank our six witnesses for appearing before us this afternoon.
In order, we have, as an individual, Professor Wayne Lewchuk, lead investigator of Poverty and Employment Precarity in Southern Ontario, from McMaster University. We also have Mr. Noel Joe, the Assembly of First Nations National Youth Council co-chair.
If I'm pronouncing any names incorrectly, please do correct me.
Also, then, from Career Edge Organization, we have the president, Naguib Gouda.