Good morning.
Thank you, Mr. Chair and committee members, for inviting us here today to share our knowledge and experiences with respect to opportunities for aboriginal persons in Canada's electricity sector workforce.
Aboriginal employment in Canada's electricity sector is characterized by tremendous opportunities, but also persistent challenges and barriers which we continue to address through a variety of ways, some which we will highlight for you today.
I'm pleased to be joined today by Joe Heil, director of first nations and Métis relations at Ontario Power Generation. OPG is an active participant in the CEA aboriginal relations task group, a forum for utility representatives from across Canada to share best practices and collaborate on innovative approaches, particularly on the issue of aboriginal employment in the workforce.
I'll pass it over to Joe to provide some examples of aboriginal partnerships.