Ladies and gentlemen, we want to start this meeting.
Good morning, members.
Monsieur Fortier, welcome to the committee. You're an experienced parliamentarian so you know how this works. We'll invite you to an opening statement and then members will want to ask questions.
Colleagues, up until late yesterday afternoon we had all three witnesses for two hours, but the other two, Democracy Watch and Broccolini Construction, weren't able to come for the full two hours, so we're going to have Mr. Fortier for the full two hours, and Democracy Watch and Broccolini when they arrive. That's how we'll proceed.
First of all, Mr. Fortier, welcome, and we look forward to your opening statement.