We'll come to order, please.
Welcome, everyone, to the 29th meeting of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates as we conduct our study on the future of Canada Post. We were in Montreal earlier today. We are very glad to see our stakeholders and witnesses with us this afternoon.
The process we have been following, gentlemen, is that we're asking all of our witnesses to come forward with a brief opening statement of five minutes or less to allow as much time for questions from our committee members as possible. If you could adhere to that five-minute timeline, your chair would appreciate it very much.
On my list I have Mr. Réal Couture as our first speaker.
Sir, the floor is yours.