I call the meeting to order.
I'd like to thank Minister Raitt for agreeing to appear before our committee, and of course the Deputy Minister of Labour as well, Hélène Gosselin, and departmental officials. We certainly appreciate your coming. We'll have you here for a half hour, and then we will have officials from HRSDC.
Without too much ado, we'll start with the minister making a presentation, and then we'll have a round of questions for each of the parties.
Go ahead, Minister, as you please.