Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to meeting 44 of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology.
We have quite a number of witnesses here today. They're listed on your orders. I know that some are stuck downstairs and they'll be making their way up. That means we have Mr. Rafferty and two witnesses here and of course plenty of members. We'll get started so we can try to stay on time.
Because of the nature of our meetings--they're so full with witnesses and we have so few--Mr. Rafferty, normally we'd have the mover of the bill give an opening statement and then respond to questions directly, but we're going to include you in the broader witness quorum so that we can move along.