Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.
Welcome to the committee's 45th meeting.
This is the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology. We are studying innovation and intellectual property.
Before us we have four witnesses: from the National Research Council, John McDougall, president; from the Canadian Anti-Counterfeiting Network, Wayne J. Edwards, chair, also the vice-president of Electro-Federation Canada; from the Eaton Yale Company, Vladimir Gagachev, manager, regulatory affairs, electrical sector; and from the Canadian Standards Association, Terry Hunter, manager, anti-counterfeiting and intellectual property enforcement.
It's my understanding that Mr. Gagachev will be here simply to respond to questions, etc. Everybody else will have six minutes for opening remarks.