Good morning, everybody.
We are going to move forward fairly quickly. We have a lot of witnesses today, and unfortunately, we are going to have to cut short for some committee business, as well as votes that are going to creep up at the end.
To get right into it, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and to the motion adopted by the committee on Monday, June 13, 2016, the committee is resuming its study of poverty reduction strategies. I'd like to welcome a very large group of people today, including some who are joining us by phone or by video conference.
First off, we welcome, from the Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction, Laura Cattari. Coming to us from Toronto, Ontario, via video conference, we have Alexandre Laurin, director of research for the C.D. Howe Institute. Also we have here today, Mr. Randy Lewis, former senior.... Actually, he's not here yet. We'll introduce Mr. Lewis when he arrives.
We have from the Keewatin Tribal Council, on the phone with us today, George Neepin, executive director. Then we have Valérie Roy, director general of the Regroupement québécois des organismes pour le développement de l'employabilité, and Mr. Kory Wood, president of Kikinaw Energy Services.
Welcome to all of you. We are going to try to keep our remarks as tight to seven minutes as possible, please.
To start us off, from the Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction, Laura Cattari, welcome.