As the Chair, I'll send that letter off to the finance committee, and now we're moving on to today's agenda.
First of all, I'll go back to my traditional introduction. I'd like to say good morning to everyone. This is meeting 23 of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities. Today is Tuesday, May 13, 2014, and we are continuing our study on the renewal of the labour market development agreements, otherwise known by the acronym LMDAs.
For the first hour this morning, we have witnesses from the Canadian Labour Congress and the Institute for Research on Public Policy. Joining us in person, we have Ms. Barbara Byers, secretary-treasurer of the Canadian Labour Congress. Also joining us is Mike Luff. Mike is the senior researcher, social and economic policy department at the Canadian Labour Congress.
By way of video conference from Montreal, we have Mr. Tyler Meredith, research director from the Institute for Research on Public Policy.
I understand you can hear us, sir, but you're not able to see us. Is that correct?