Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
Bonjour à tous and welcome to the 58th meeting of Parliament's Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology.
We have some guests with us today. I'll introduce them briefly.
Marie-Josée Thivierge, who is the assistant deputy minister of small business, tourism, and marketplace services, will be giving the opening remarks today. Richard Saillant is the director general of investment review and strategic planning branch. Pierre Legault is assistant deputy minister in the Department of Justice.
Just before we go to the opening remarks—and I see Mr. Lake is trying to get my attention as well—I wanted to cover one other thing and see if we have agreement from the committee. For our CRTC hearings, we have of bill of $5,875. That was, if you remember, for the video conferences and witnesses' expenses, etc. I just need a motion to accept that.