Members, I call to order the 17th meeting of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology. Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), we are continuing a review of Canada's service sector.
We have with us here today three organizations. I'll start with the witnesses who are here, and I'll finish with the video conference witness.
First of all, from BIOTECanada, we have two individuals. We have the vice-president of external affairs, Ms. Cate McCready, and the co-chair of the public affairs committee, Ms. Joanne Harack.
The second organization is the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance. We have Mr. Barry Gander, the executive vice-president, and we have Mr. Eli Fathi, vice-president commercialization.
The third organization is the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. We want to thank Mr. Dirk Pilat, head of the science and technology policy division, for joining us by video conference today. I believe you are in Paris. Welcome, and thank you very much for joining us from such a distance.
We will start with each organization in the order I read them. You will be able to present for hopefully between five and seven minutes, and then we'll go to questions from members. Our meeting today is about an hour and 30 minutes, and then we will have discussion of a motion from Madame Brunelle.
We'll start with BIOTECanada. Ms. McCready, please start.