Good morning. Welcome to members of the committee and to our witnesses.
This is the sixth meeting of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology, March 30, 2010. We are here today pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) to study Canada's foreign ownership rules and regulations in the telecommunications sector.
In front of us today we have three witnesses: we have Mr. Morrison, who represents Friends of Canadian Broadcasting; Monsieur Paradis, from Groupe CIC; and finally Mr. Globerman, as an individual from Western Washington University. I want to in particular thank Mr. Globerman, who came on very short notice. We found out yesterday that he was in town today, coincidentally, to meet with someone else, and he graciously agreed to come in front of our committee today.
We'll begin with opening statements from each of the witnesses, beginning with Mr. Morrison.