Order.
Pursuant to the order of reference of Wednesday, November 8, 2006, we'll begin our meeting on Bill C-269, an act to amend the Employment Insurance Act for improvement of the employment insurance system. Since we have a limited amount of time, I think we should try to get started as quickly as possible.
Ms. Deschamps is going to talk about her bill for a bit. Before we go to her, I'll mention to you that today's meeting has been structured so that we have two meetings. The first is from 3:30 to 4:30. After we take a break, Mr. Eyking will come in and talk for the second hour about his private member's bill.
We'd like to get through at least two rounds of questions, so for the sake of time, I'm going to ask that the first round be five minutes instead of seven, and that the second round be four minutes instead of five. This is just so that we can get in a couple of rounds and we can all ask Ms. Deschamps some questions about her private member's bill.
Without any more talking on my behalf, I would ask Ms. Deschamps to make her opening remarks.
We welcome you. Thank you for being here today to discuss your private member's bill.