Committee members, we're back to work, please. We're in the second half of our meeting now.
As the witnesses are aware, we have time constraints today. We've asked you to abbreviate your comments to seven minutes, if that's possible, because we will be called to vote at around 10 a.m.
We're continuing our study of the labour market development agreements, and our witnesses in the second part of our meeting today are from the Department of Employment and Social Development. We have Judith Andrew, the Commissioner for Employers, Canada Employment Insurance Commission. Welcome.
We also have, from Restaurants Canada, Joyce Reynolds, the executive vice-president of government affairs. Welcome. And by video conference, as an individual, we have Alain Noël, a professor in the department of political science at the Université de Montréal.
So we'd like you to proceed.
Perhaps you could go first, Ms. Andrew.