Order, please.
Pursuant to Standing Orders 81(7) and 108(2) and to the motion adopted by this committee on October 3, 2006, this committee will commence its study on plans and priorities and continue the one on government funding cuts to Human Resources and Social Development Canada.
The minister and the department will have 10 minutes to make their statements, and a question and answer session will follow. This part of the meeting will go for approximately 90 minutes, and after that section of the meeting the committee will discuss its business.
With that, I would like to welcome the minister here today. Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule. We certainly look forward to your opening statement. Then we'll start with one round of seven minutes, followed by a second round of five minutes, and we'll go from there.
Thank you, Minister Finley, for being here today.