Good afternoon, members.
Welcome, witnesses and guests.
This is meeting number 24 of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development.
Our order of the day, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), is the study of northern territories economic development: barriers and solutions.
Members, you'll know that in the first hour we'll actually be resuming consideration on a specific subject that relates to what we used to know as the food mail program, and is now Nutrition North Canada. This was on agreement by the committee to consider this topic, and we've put it under the rubric of our study because it certainly is relevant. This was the motion by Monsieur Lévesque, I think. Monsieur Lévesque put the motion.
So we're going to go first to our officials here. We welcome back Patrick Borbey, from the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. He is joined by Elizabeth Copland and Mr. James Tibbetts. Ms. Copland is the president of the Nutrition North Canada advisory board and Mr. Tibbetts is the director general for the devolution and territorial relations branch.
Mr. Borbey, we're going to go to you for opening comments from yourself and Madam Copland.
Mr. Lemay, you have a question?