It's adopted by consensus. Thank you.
In accordance with our routine motion, I'm informing the committee that all witnesses have completed the required connection tests in advance of the meeting.
I will now welcome our witnesses who are with us for the first hour this afternoon. From the Department of Employment and Social Development, we have Andrew Brown, senior assistant deputy minister of the skills and employment branch, and Erin Connell, director, skilled newcomers, employment integration and partnership, of the skills and employment branch.
We're going to begin with the five-minute opening statement, if one of you has an opening statement to present.
Welcome to the committee. You now have the floor.