Good afternoon, everybody.
Welcome to meeting number nine of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry and Technology.
As a quick note to begin, all witnesses have completed the required connection tests in advance of the meeting.
Welcome to our witnesses who are here with us today.
By way of a very quick prompt, should you be using the earpiece and it's plugged in but not on your ear, make sure it's placed on the sticker in front of you. If it's not plugged in, there's nothing to worry about.
Colleagues, we're going to be continuing with our defence industrial strategy meeting today. Following that, as you are aware, we will have a 106(4) conversation, which will occur immediately following the conclusion of the second hour of today's defence industrial strategy meeting.
We have two witnesses with us for the first hour here. I would like to welcome, from Aerospace Industries Association of Canada, Mike Mueller, president and chief executive officer, and from the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries, Christyn Cianfarani, president and chief executive officer.
Welcome to you both.
You will have up to five minutes. We have a pretty strict timeline today, so I'll give you a little wave when you're getting close. If you have rehearsed remarks that go significantly over five minutes, I might have to give you a gentle cut-off. I'll apologize in advance for that.
Following that, there will be rounds of questions allotted based on a particular proportion of the represented political parties at the table here. If you have questions at any time, feel free to let us know.
Mr. Mueller, we'll begin with your introductory remarks for up to five minutes. The floor is yours.