I call this meeting back to order and I want to thank our witnesses for appearing early. The reason for that is that we do have votes at 6 p.m., so this is going to be a condensed panel, and I want to give our guests as much time as possible to present and hear from members of Parliament.
We have five organizations presenting in this second panel here. From the Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships, we have the president and CEO, Mr. Mark Romoff. We have the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association Inc., Mr. Frank Swedlove. We have from KPMG, partner Stephen Beatty. From Union des municipalités du Québec, we have
Mr. Robert Coulombe. Welcome.
From the Wellesley Institute we have director, Mr. Michael Shapcott.
Welcome to all of you and thank you so much for being with us here this afternoon. You will each have five minutes for your opening statement and then we will go to questions from members.
We will start with Mr. Romoff if you are ready please.