I'm calling this meeting back to order. We are resuming meeting number 136.
As we move to our next panel, I want to welcome our guests today, our witnesses.
We have the Honourable Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations.
We have the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages, and Minister of Veterans Affairs as well, I believe.
They'll be supported by their officials from the Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs. We have Valerie Gideon, deputy minister; Georgina Lloyd, assistant deputy minister, northern affairs; Heather McLean, assistant deputy minister, implementation sector; and Christopher Duschenes, director general, indigenous institutions and governance modernization.
From the Department of Employment and Social Development, we have Colette Kaminsky, senior assistant deputy minister, skills and employment branch, and Wojo Zielonka, chief financial officer.
Ministers and officials, welcome.
Ministers, you will have 10 minutes each for your opening statements, after which we'll move to the rounds of questioning.
We'll start with Minister Anandasangaree.
You have 10 minutes or less, please.