Good afternoon, hon. members, guests and witnesses.
This is the 21st meeting of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development. On the agenda, we have the study of Northern Territories Economic Development: Barriers and Solutions.
This afternoon, we have Mr. Keith Martell, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Board of Directors for the First Nations Bank of Canada. We also have Mr. Gilles Rhéaume from the Conference Board of Canada, who is...
vice-president, public policy. Also joining us, by video conference from Whitehorse, is David Morrison, president and chief executive officer for the Yukon Energy Corporation.
For the benefit of our witnesses, we have received notice that there may be votes or procedures in the House that may interrupt our proceedings. I just want to let you know that in advance. When and if the time comes, we will give you some indication as to how that will proceed.
As you have probably seen in the past, we begin with a 10-minute presentation from each of you, and then after each of those in succession, we go directly to questions from members.
We'll begin the Mr. Martell. Go ahead. You have 10 minutes. Then we'll proceed from there.