Thanks. That's great. We very much appreciate the fact that you've taken time to talk with us today.
This is, as you know, the human resources, social development, and status of persons with disabilities committee of the House of Commons of the Canadian Parliament, and we are doing a study on the federal contribution to reducing poverty in Canada.
We heard last week from some colleagues in Ireland about the work they are doing in this area, and we're delighted that you are here with us today.
We're going to ask you each to perhaps give us about ten minutes, and then we will have questions. The way it works here is that we have the four parties of Canada—the governing Conservatives, the opposition Liberals, the Bloc Québécois, and the NDP—who will take turns asking you questions after you have given us your presentation.
I want to thank you both; we received a copy of some of the highlights of your presentation. Canada is proudly a dual-linguistic nation, and we can't pass these out to members until we have them translated. I would ask you, if you would, to speak slowly, because we will be translating your comments into both official languages.
With that, I want to thank you again for coming.
Perhaps we'll start with Professor David Gordon, director of the Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research at the School of Policy Studies of the University of Bristol.
Professor Gordon, you'll have ten minutes, please.