Committee members, the clerk has advised me that we have a quorum and I am prepared to call the meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 139 of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities. Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format.
I would like to remind participants of the following.
Please wait until I recognize you by name before speaking. As I indicated, this meeting is taking place in hybrid format, which means that some members are participating virtually. To those in the room, raise your hand if you want to get my attention. To those who are here virtually, please use the “raise hand” icon to get my attention.
You have the option of participating in the official language of your choice. For those in the room, make sure you're on the proper channel. That gives you the language you wish to participate in. For those here virtually, click on the globe icon on the bottom of your screen and choose the language of your choice. If there's a breakdown in interpretation, please get my attention and we'll suspend while it's corrected.
I would like to remind all those in the room who have devices to please turn any alarms or buzzers off on those devices before we begin because they can cause issues for the interpreters. Also, please refrain from tapping on the boom of the microphone because it creates popping and causes issues for the interpreters.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on October 8, 2024, the committee is resuming its study of workers in the seasonal industry and the employment insurance program.
We had two witnesses, but the sound quality for Mr. Jeff Loder was inadequate for professional interpretation, so we have one witness this morning, Madam Julie Brassard, chief executive officer of Mouvement Action-Chômage de Charlevoix, who is here by video conference. We'll go to her opening statement of up to five minutes and then we'll go to questions.
Ms. Brassard, you have the floor for five minutes.