Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for your excellent opening remarks. I took a lot of notes. It's just wonderful to have so many experts here today, so thank you for being with us.
Ms. Nord, I have a number of questions for you. Thank you for your remarks. Again, you mentioned you represent over 200,000 businesses in Canada, so I'm really looking forward to hearing some of the feedback you've heard from those businesses on their experience with EI and how it can be improved for everyone.
You outlined a number of these things in your opening remarks, but before I get into that, I just wanted to ask you about the EI employer commissioner. As we know, there has not been an EI employer commissioner since January, I believe, when the former commissioner was not renewed, and there has not been a replacement. I just wanted to get your perspective about why an EI employer commissioner is important and why we need someone at the table as soon as possible, given we're talking about reform.