The throngs of media covering good committees are impressive. That's my political comment for the day.
We have with us here today two organizations. First of all, we have two members from the Canadian Association of Management Consultants: Ms. Heather Osler, president and CEO; and the vice-chair, Mr. Bob McCulloch. Welcome to both of you. The second organization we have is the Conference Board of Canada. We have the senior vice-president and chief economist, Mr. Glen Hodgson.
Welcome to all of you. You will have up to 10 minutes for your opening presentations and then we will go right to questions from members.
So we'll start with Ms. Osler or Mr. McCulloch.