I call the meeting to order.
Good morning, everybody. Seeing that it is past 11 o'clock, we need to get started here.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on Monday, June 13, 2016, the committee is resuming its study on poverty reduction strategies. We are currently in the housing component of this study. The committee has agreed to study affordable housing, housing strategies, homelessness, Housing First initiatives, and other new and innovative approaches.
First of all, thank you all for being here today. From the Department of Employment and Social Development, we have Catherine Scott, director general of the community development and homelessness partnerships directorate. From the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, we have Charles MacArthur, senior vice-president of regional operations and assisted housing, and Michel Tremblay, senior vice-president of policy, research, and public affairs. From the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, we have four representatives: Lynda Clairmont, senior assistant deputy minister of regional operations; Allan Clarke, director general of economic research and policy development at lands and economic development; David Smith, acting director general of community infrastructure, regional operations; and Daniel Leclair, director general of regional infrastructure delivery, regional operations. Thank you all for being here.
We're really looking forward to getting into this component of our study, and the timing of your being here is really good. We're going to start travelling next week, so the information we get to prepare us for that travel is critically important.
We're going to allow all groups to present to us today, so we're going to keep presentations to seven minutes if that's possible. We're going to start with the Department of Employment and Social Development. Catherine Scott, you have seven minutes.