Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome.
This is meeting 44 of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development, and the Status of Persons with Disabilities. We are here to continue with our current study exploring the potential of social finance in Canada.
To provide testimony for our first hour, we are pleased to have with us Mr. Bruce Dewar, president and CEO of LIFT Philanthropy Partners. Welcome.
Also joining us by way of video conference from Montreal, we have Mr. Stephen Huddart, president and CEO of the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation.
Finally, by way of video conference from Calgary, we have Mr. Wayne Chiu, the CEO of the Trico Group. Welcome, sir.
Each of you will have up to 10 minutes to make your presentations, after which we will go by rounds of questioning to the members of the committee. We'll do five-minute rounds today, committee members, because we have two panels, one in the first hour, and another in the second hour.
Mr. Dewar, would you please start with your presentation?