Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
Welcome to the 71st meeting of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology.
We have before us a number of witnesses, and you'll notice we have them in person as well as by teleconference. I'll briefly introduce them.
From the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, we have Ailish Campbell, vice-president, policy, international and fiscal issues. From the Canadian Bar Association, we have Brian A. Facey, chair, national competition law section, together with Joshua Krane, member, foreign investment review committee of the national competition law section. These are the witnesses who are in front of us.
Now I will introduce the witnesses who are appearing before you by teleconference. We have Dany H. Assaf, partner, Torys LLP. From the United Steelworkers, we have Mark Rowlinson, assistant to the national director. And from the National Automobile, Aerospace, Transportation and General Workers Union of Canada, we have Jim Stanford, economist.
We'll follow the agenda in front of us and begin with the Canadian Council of Chief Executives and Ailish Campbell.
Witnesses, I know the clerk has told you to keep your remarks to six or seven minutes. It is one of our responsibilities to vote in the House and we need to go there, so our time is even more limited. If you could keep your remarks as brief as possible, that would be great.
Ms. Campbell, please go right ahead.