Committee members, I will call the meeting back to order. We are now public.
Welcome to meeting number 53 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities. Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the committee will resume its study on the subject matter of supplementary estimates (B), 2022-23: vote 1b under Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, and votes 1b and 5b under the Department of Employment and Social Development.
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Appearing for this meeting is the Honourable Carla Qualtrough, the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion. She has departmental staff with her. We have Jean-François Tremblay, Karen Robertson, Tammy Bélanger, Andrew Brown, Elisha Ram, Michael MacPhee and Atiq Rahman.
We'll begin with Minister Qualtrough for five minutes.
Minister, you have the floor.