Good morning.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 29th meeting of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities. Today is Tuesday, June 10, 2014, and we are continuing our study on the renewal of the labour market development agreements, also famously known as LMDAs.
For our first hour, as part of our panel, we're pleased to have with us, from the Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada, Ms. Suzanne Bossé, executive director, along with her president, Ms. Marie-France Kenny. Appearing as an individual, we have Dr. Donna Wood, adjunct assistant professor. Finally, joining us by way of video conference from Mississauga and also appearing as an individual, we have Ms. Miana Plesca, associate professor and interim assistant dean from the College of Business and Economics at the University of Guelph.
My apologies if I've butchered your name with some pronunciations. I'm not great at French, as you know, or as at least committee members know. We welcome you to our committee to witness today.
Let's begin with Ms. Bossé for up to 10 minutes, please.
Ms. Kenny, if you prefer to go first, that's fine with us.