Good afternoon, everyone. I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to the 14th meeting of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates. Today we're going to continue the study we have under way on the effectiveness of the Office of Small and Medium Enterprises and the Canadian innovation commercialization program.
Today we're very pleased to welcome witnesses to give testimony.
From Canada's Venture Capital and Private Equity Association we have Mr. Tom Hayes, the president and chief executive officer of GrowthWorks Atlantic. Welcome, Mr. Hayes.
From the Canadian Information Technology Providers Association we have Mr. Herman Yeh, president. Welcome.
From the 2G Robotics Inc. we have Mr. Jason Gillham, the director of operations.
Welcome to all of you. We expect you'll have an opening presentation of 10 to 15 minutes, and then we'll have questions from the committee members.
Will one or all of you give a joint presentation, or how do you wish to handle this, Mr. Hayes?