Order, please.
Good morning to members of the committee and good morning to our witnesses.
Welcome to the third meeting of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology on this March 18.
We'll be meeting for the next two hours and hearing testimony from the minister. I understand the minister has to leave at 10 o'clock, so we'll be hearing from him for the first hour, and then the second hour we'll be hearing testimony from members from Industry Canada.
So thank you all very much for coming.
We will begin with an opening statement from the Minister of Industry.