Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
Welcome to meeting number 46 of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities. We're continuing today with our study exploring the potential of social finance in Canada.
Here to provide testimony in our first hour, we are pleased to have with us Ms. Sandra Odendahl, director of corporate sustainability and social finance at the Royal Bank of Canada. Welcome. Joining us by video conference from Vancouver is Mr. Andy Broderick, vice-president of community investment, Vancity Community Investment. Welcome, sir. Finally, joining us by teleconference from Quebec City is Madam Colette Harvey, director of cooperative project support at the Caisse d'économie solidaire Desjardins.
Welcome to all our witnesses. We will begin with your presentations, for up to 10 minutes. If you go over the time, I will give you a signal, but you're welcome to have 10 minutes. Then we'll move on to questions by committee members.
Ms. Odendahl, would you like to begin, please?