Thank you, and welcome.
Mr. Frank is from the University of British Columbia. We also have Dr. Paul Veugelers, from the University of Alberta. It's good to have you here.
As well, we have Gord Steeves and John Burrett, from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.
We'll go in the order of our agenda, with the University of Alberta first. We'll start with you, Paul, and then we'll go to Lawrence, and then on to Gord and whoever is presenting there. Let's start with that. We welcome you to our committee and look forward to your presentations.
The floor is yours, Mr. Veugelers.