I call this committee meeting back to order. In our second hour we are very pleased to have by videoconference an update on views and the situation in Afghanistan.
Our witnesses include Mark Sedra, research associate, from the Bonn International Centre for Conversion, and Scott Gilmore, executive director of Peace Dividend Trust.
At the close of this meeting we will take a bit of time to adopt the steering committee report so the clerk can start working on the guests for next week.
We welcome you this morning. It's good to have you both here--Mr. Gilmore in our committee room and Mr. Sedra by videoconference.
Perhaps we'll go to our video relay first. Welcome to our committee. We look forward to what you have to say. Then perhaps you can take questions from our committee members.