Thank you, Madame Chabot.
Yes, I will take direction from you that the meeting is under way now and that the meeting will conclude, unless somebody calls an earlier adjournment time, at 7:30.
We'll go to the regular scheduling and our first panel. We have, from Co-operative Education and Work-Integrated Learning Canada, Dr. Matthew Rempel, president. From Lullaboo Nursery and Childcare Center, we have Connie Leung, controller, who is not making a statement. We also have, from Statistics Canada, Vincent Dale, director general, labour market, education and socio-economic well-being; and André Bernard, assistant director, centre for labour market information. All the witnesses in the first panel will be appearing via video conference.
I will call on Dr. Matthew Rempel to make his opening statement for five minutes or less, please.