Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) our meeting on the role of the private sector in achieving Canada's international development interests will commence.
I want to thank our two witnesses for being here today. We have Anthony Bebbington, who is a professor from the Graduate School of Geography at Clark University.
Welcome, Anthony. We're glad to have you here today.
We also have Brent Bergeron, who is here today on behalf of Goldcorp Inc. He is their vice-president of corporate affairs.
It's very nice to meet you. I believe both of you have opening statements. After both of you have spoken, we'll go around the room and ask some follow-up questions.
Anthony, why don't we start with you, sir? You have 10 minutes.