Committee members, come to the table, please.
I want to welcome today, from the Alberta Federation of Labour, Mr. Gil McGowan, president; from Catholic Social Services, Alice Colak, chief operating officer of the immigration and settlement division; from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 424, Al Brown, assistant business manager, and William Begemann, assistant business manager as well; and from the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local 1118, Michael Toal.
Welcome.
You have been sitting and watching the other proceedings, so you're aware that you have opening comments of about seven minutes. I will give it to you first, Mr. McGowan, or whomever. Go ahead.