Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
Good afternoon, everyone.
Welcome to the 14th meeting of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology.
It's good that we've had an update on Movember now, and now we have to move to the actual meeting.
We have the following witnesses before us: from the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance, Sorin Cohn, executive in residence; and from PayPal, Darrell MacMullin, managing director, and Martha Cass, head of public relations.
Mr. MacMullin, I understand you'll be giving the opening remarks. Is that correct?
Okay.
From the Canadian Federation of Independent Business is Dan Kelly, the senior vice-president of legislative affairs; and from the Entertainment Software Association of Canada, we have Jason Kee, director of policy and legal affairs.
Ladies and gentlemen of the committee, you'll remember that both the Canadian Federation of Independent Business and the Entertainment Software Association were previously before us and gave their opening remarks. During that meeting we had to leave for a vote, so they're back with us to actually get some time before the committee now. Since they've given their opening remarks, I'll just give them maybe two minutes to highlight some of those remarks to refresh your memory, but we'll follow the order as usual and the agenda that's before you.
Mr. Cohn, please start with your opening remarks for six minutes.