Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the 49th meeting of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities. We're here today to continue our current study exploring the potential of social finance in Canada.
We're pleased to be joined by Mr. Sunil Johal, policy director of the Mowat Centre with the University of Toronto, and Ms. Jamie Van Ymeren, policy associate at the Mowat Centre, who are here to provide testimony in our first hour. Also joining us by way of video conference from Winnipeg, we have Mr. John Loxley, a professor in the department of economics at the University of Manitoba.
Welcome, everyone.
Each of the witnesses will have up to 10 minutes for a presentation. I will give a warning at approximately one minute left in the presentation.
Let's begin with our guests from the Mowat Centre.