Good morning. Welcome to the meeting of the Subcommittee on Canadian Industrial Sectors of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science, and Technology.
We have a quorum. We are going to begin because I know that our guests have very much to tell us and are very excited to fill us in on something that's very important in studying the industrial sector and how the government can be effective in helping that sector at this particular time of stress and duress in our industries.
I welcome today, from Export Development Canada, Benoit Daignault, the senior vice-president of business development; and Madame Edmée Métivier, the executive vice-president of financing and consulting at the Business Development Bank of Canada. I believe we have the presentation by Madame Métivier, and we're just waiting on the one from Mr. Daignault.
So I would suggest that we begin with you, madame. You have about 10 minutes to give us a presentation, and then 10 minutes for you, sir, and then we will begin with of our line of questioning.