Thank you very much, Chair, we're glad to be back before you on this subject.
If you allow me, Mr. Chair, I would just like to mention that this will, in all likelihood, be Mr. Vermaeten's last appearance before this committee. After about five years as ADM of the skills and employment branch, he has accepted a senior position at the Canada Revenue Agency. We should all henceforth look out, I guess.
I want to give credit to Frank who has been before this committee many times over the years, including in some difficult times. He has served the department, the government, and the committee, I think, in the best traditions of interaction between parliamentarians and public servants. I wanted the committee to be aware of that.
Frank is going to take you through the deck that we have provided. Our intention is to give you some brief history of the labour market development agreements by describing the structure and the services that are provided through the LMDAs. The minister outlined last week the subjects of interest as areas of change, and those are included in the deck as well.
We're more than happy to provide for the committee any further background information on the LMDAs that would be of use to the committee.
With that, Frank, you can take us through the deck.