Yes.
It's 8 o'clock in the morning here. But you probably know that.
I'll just tell you how our committees work. We are in a minority government over here, so we will have questions from both opposition and government members. We have four members from the government, the Conservatives. We have four members from the Liberal Party. We have two members from the Bloc and we have one member from the NDP; I know that some of you have been talking with Mr. Martin about poverty over the years and over time.
I am the chair, of course, and I'm with the Conservative Party.
So that's a little bit about who we are. After your ten minutes each, we will go to seven-minute rounds, followed by five-minute rounds, of questions and answers. We'll rotate around the table so that all members get a chance to ask some questions.
Once again, thank you very much for making yourselves available with all your schedules. Thank you as well for your flexibility in coming in an hour early today so that we could work our votes around our committee meeting and have a fulsome discussion today.
And thank you, Mr. Savage, for that suggestion.
As I said, Gerry, I'm going to kick off with you, sir. You have ten minutes. Thank you for being here.