Oh, you are on the phone. Fantastic. Welcome. Sorry; I just didn't see you in front of me.
I really do appreciate your getting up and speaking with us today. Obviously, if you have to excuse yourself for reasons of health, then please don't hesitate, but welcome, Georgia Barnwell, coordinator, from Women's Centres Connect, again coming in from Nova Scotia.
We do have a full slate, so we'd like to keep the opening remarks to a brief seven minutes, if we could, so we can spend as much time as possible with questions.
Without any more pomp or ceremony, let's get right into it with Mr. James Hughes, senior fellow with the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation.
Welcome, sir.