Good morning, everyone.
I would like to call our meeting to order.
We are beginning meeting number 43 of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.
Our orders of the day are pursuant to the order of reference of Monday, December 6, 2010. We are studying Bill C-481, An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Canada Labour Code (mandatory retirement age).
We are very pleased to have three witnesses with us today, two of whom are in the committee room with us. One witness is via video conference from Vancouver, B.C.
Today we are welcoming Mr. Robert Neil Kelly, who is part of Fly Past 60 Coalition, and George Vilven, who is also with the same organization.
Welcome, gentlemen.
We also welcome Jonathan Kesselman, a professor with the School of Public Policy at Simon Fraser University.
Thank you for being here as well, Professor.
Each one of you will have approximately seven minutes for a presentation. After all of your presentations are complete, we will then go to questions from the committee members.
We will begin today with Mr. Kelly. If you will begin, we'd love to hear from you.