I call to order meeting number 47 of the Standing Committee on Finance. Pursuant to standing order 83.1, we are continuing our pre-budget consultations 2014.
I want to welcome all our guests here on our first panel this afternoon. Thank you so much for being with us here today. We have in order of presentation, first of all, from Canada's Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies, Mr. Mark Fleming and Mr. Walter Robinson; from the Canadian Rare Earth Element Network, the chair, Mr. Ian London; from the Mental Health Commission of Canada, the vice-president, Ms. Jennifer Vornbrock; from Polytechnics Canada, the CEO, Nobina Robinson; and from TRIUMF we have the director, Jonathan Bagger.
Welcome to all of you. Thank you so much for being with us. You have five minutes maximum for your opening statement per organization.
We will begin with Mr. Fleming.