Order.
I'll ask the members and the witnesses to take their seats, please. I understand one of the witnesses will be joining us. He's currently stuck in traffic.
Members, I'd like your attention at the beginning of the meeting, before I formally go into the witness part.
We had a subcommittee meeting earlier this week, and I have the report from that subcommittee, but I would like to do that at the end of the meeting. We're going to allot the last 15 minutes for that. The committee will go in camera, and we can then formally adopt or amend what the subcommittee decided. I'd like the members, at least one representative from each party and the independents, to stay until the end of the meeting. We'll do that at 10:45, or even earlier, if we can.
This is the tenth meeting of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology. The orders today, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), are to continue our study of the review of Canada's service sector.
We have with us today three witnesses. We have, first of all, from IBM Canada, Mr. Matthew Ivis, the governmental programs executive; and secondly, from Microsoft Canada Corporation, Mr. Marc Seaman, who is the national director of corporate and public affairs. We will be joined later by Mr. Bernard Courtois, the president and CEO of the Information Technology Association of Canada.
Welcome, Mr. Ivis and Mr. Seaman. You have up to ten minutes for an opening statement. You don't have to use all that time. And then we will go to questions and comments from members.
Mr. Ivis, we'll start with you.