I will call the meeting to order. We are continuing with our study of hiring veterans for public service positions.
Colleagues, before we get into the meeting itself, there is a housekeeping note. For our second panel, which will start appearing at 4:30 p.m., we have three individuals by video conference, but that will be a 45-minute session. I would like to reserve the last 15 minutes of this meeting for some committee business.
With that brief introduction, I'd like to welcome all of our guests who are here in person.
We also have, via video conference from Windsor, Ontario, Florin Corcoz. Thank you for being here as well.
We'll start with Mr. Corcoz by video conference. All of our panellists have brief opening statements. I don't think any one of them exceeds five minutes in duration. That should leave us plenty of time for questions.
Without any further ado, Mr. Corcoz, the floor is yours.
We don't seem to have audio on our end. Just give us a moment and we'll try to rectify that situation. While we're working on the technical difficulties from this end, we will start with Mr. Ticknor.
Mr. Ticknor, thank you for being here. The floor is yours.