Good morning, everybody, and welcome.
We are, again, moving forward on our study of poverty reduction strategies. Today I'm thrilled to welcome, from the Department of Employment and Social Development, Nancy Milroy-Swainson, director general, seniors and pensions policy secretariat, income security and social development branch; as well as Barbara Schwartz, director, program integrity, Canada education savings program. From the Department of Finance, we have Galen Countryman, director, social policy, federal-provincial relations, in the social policy branch; as well as Pierre LeBlanc, director, personal income tax division, tax policy branch. Finally, from Statistics Canada we have with us today Andrew Heisz, assistant director, income statistics division; and Tracey Leesti, director, income statistics division.
Thank you very much, everybody, for being here. We have quite a few of you here today, so without further ado, we're going to get started.
I would like to recognize that Karen is joining us today. Welcome. I understand that you're just filling in.
We have a new member on our committee. Unfortunately, we lost Monsieur Deltell, I believe to finance. He moved over there. Joining us for the foreseeable future is Mr. Pierre Poilievre, who I believe is the new official opposition critic for work and opportunities. We look forward to welcoming him. Is he coming today?