Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. We're back now to our 29th meeting. We have before us Minister Bernard Valcourt.
Welcome, Minister. I believe this is the first time you've been before our committee.
We also have the president of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Paul LeBlanc.
Minister, go ahead with opening remarks. As I said to Minister Goodyear, we usually leave 10 minutes, but we do give a little latitude to ministers.