Good afternoon, everyone.
I hope you had a good weekend at home.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), as adopted by this committee last week, we are commencing an emergency study of the economic and supply chain impacts of U.S. tariffs on Canada's metallurgical and advanced manufacturing sectors.
I want to welcome the three witnesses we have here in the room with us today. A few will be joining us in the second hour.
I also see that we have a few new members of the committee joining us today.
Mr. Lewis, welcome back to you, sir.
Just as a reminder to our witnesses in the room, if you are not using your earpiece, please place it on the sticker in front of you in order to protect the health and well-being of our interpreters. I can confirm that all audio for those joining online has been tested.
With that, colleagues, I'd like to welcome the following witnesses who are with us today. From the Canadian Association of Moldmakers, we have Nicole Vlanich, executive director. From Laval Tool & Mould Ltd., we have Jonathon Azzopardi, chief executive officer and president. From Liard Industries, we have Isabelle Liard, president. She is joining us online.
Witnesses, you will each have up to five minutes for opening remarks, at which point we will turn to our colleagues around the table for a preallocated slot of time to ask questions in order to be able to dive more deeply into this.
I want to thank members and their staff and the witnesses who are here today for a very quick turnaround. We did not have this discussion until Thursday of last week. It's very unusual to be able to make a committee meeting work as quickly as we did. Due to the coordinating efforts of the clerk, her office staff, members and of course witnesses, we were able to elevate the conversation on this very important issue in an expedited and timely manner.
With that,
Ms. Liard, you have the floor for the next five minutes.