—will be sorely missed. I know as well that, with his capabilities, he will be sorely missed by the minister.
That said, we'll turn to our witnesses.
Thank you very much for your flexibility in how we worked this morning. I'll just follow the orders of the day, and we'll follow this order for the witnesses as well.
We have before us, from Communitech, Avvey Peters, vice-president of external relations; from the Consortium for Research and Innovation in Aerospace in Quebec, we have Clément Fortin, president and chief executive officer; from Sustainable Development Technology Canada, an organization that I know very well, it's good to see David Harris Kolada here with us, who is the vice-president of corporate and market development; and from Mitacs, we have Rob Annan, director of policy, research, and evaluation.
I'll give all of you—I believe the clerk has warned you—about five to six minutes for your opening remarks. I'll start with Ms. Peters
Would you like to go ahead right now?