Thank you, Mr. Clerk.
Thank you, everybody, for bearing with us while we resolved these issues.
Thank you, Mr. Purves and Mr. Ermuth, for staying with us during this time. I appreciate that.
I will continue from where we were. Very quickly, as I indicated, before you speak, please wait until I recognize you by name. When you are ready to speak you may click on the microphone icon to activate your mike. When you are not speaking, your mike should be on mute.
To raise a point of order during the meeting, committee members should ensure that their microphone is unmuted and say “Point of order” to get the chair's attention.
In order to ensure social distancing in the committee room, if you need to speak privately with the clerk or the analyst during the meeting, please email them through the committee email address. For those people who are participating in the committee room, please note that masks are required unless seated and when physical distancing is not possible.
I will now invite the witnesses to make their opening statements.
Mr. Purves, thank you very much.