I call the meeting to order. I see everyone is here.
We will have each of you present, and there will be questions and answers afterward.
Before I start, I want to alert the committee to a couple of points. One is that we would appreciate receiving suggestions for witnesses from you for our future study by the end of Thursday of this week.
I'd also like to inform you—and there will be a notice going out a little later today—that department officials will be appearing before the committee on Thursday with respect to Mr. Cleary's motion as amended, so keep that in mind.
With that, we will start with our presentations in this first panel. I'm not sure who will present first.
We have Mr. Kent MacDonald, president, from Algonquin College, if you're ready to go. Then we have Mr. David Corson, president of the Algonquin Students' Association. We'll conclude with Brigadier-General Gregory Matte from Helmets to Hardhats.
We'll start with Mr. Kent MacDonald. Go ahead.