Welcome. Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), we are continuing with our study on poverty reduction. We are moving forward in the area of housing and neighbourhoods, and we are very pleased to be hosted in the great city represented by MP Wayne Long.
I'm very pleased to see all of you here today. If we nod off, please forgive us. We got in fairly late last night, and we hope we can leave later today, as I understand we have a bit of a snowstorm coming.
We're going to get started with presentations from this group. We have quite a few of you here today, so we're going to try to keep the comments to about seven minutes if that's possible.
I'd love to welcome, from the Saint John Human Development Council, Randy Hatfield, executive director, and Greg Bishop, project manager, and from Living SJ, Donna Gates, executive director, and Penni Eisenhauer, community organizer. Oh, I'm sorry. Mr. Bishop is not here.
From the YMCA of Greater Saint John—go YMCA—we have Shilo Boucher, president and chief executive officer. We also have with us, as an individual, Erin Schryer, executive director, Elementary Literacy Incorporated. As well, from the United Way of Saint John, Kings and Charlotte, we have Wendy MacDermott, executive director.
Welcome, all of you.
We're going to get started right away with you, Mr. Hatfield. The next seven minutes are all yours.