Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to meeting 21 of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.
Today, Tuesday, May, 6, 2014, we're continuing our study on the renewal of the labour market development agreements. For our first hour, we have officials from the Department of Employment and Social Development to provide a more detailed overview of the LMDAs.
We have with us Mr. Ian Shugart, deputy minister, and Mr. Frank Vermaeten, assistant deputy minister, skills and employment branch. We also have Mr. John Atherton, director general, skills and employment branch.
Because of the wide scope of the subject-matter at hand I have decided, for the first panel, to allow 15 minutes for your presentation. I believe you are going to be leading that, Mr. Shugart. You have the floor.