Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
Welcome to the 45th meeting of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities. We're here to continue with our current study entitled “Exploring the Potential of Social Finance in Canada”.
Here to provide testimony on our first witness panel, and we are pleased to have him with us, is Mr. François Vermette, director of development at the Social Economy Working Group. Also joining us, by way of video conference from Vancouver, is Mr. David LePage, chair of the Social Enterprise Council of Canada. Welcome, gentlemen, to our committee. Thank you for agreeing to be witnesses.
We have a 50-minute time slot for your testimony. Each of you will have up to 10 minutes to present.
Why don't we start with Mr. Vermette?