Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.
Good morning everyone.
Welcome to the forty-third meeting of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology.
The witnesses before us today have been very stand-up and patient. They were actually here last time and democracy meant that they stayed in our committee meeting room alone and we didn't come here.
We want to thank you very much for your second visit to us.
It looks so far as though you're actually going to be able to speak to us this time, so rather than me delaying it any further and getting into dangerous territory, let me introduce who is in front of us.
We have Gerard Peets, who is the director general of the manufacturing and life sciences branch of Industry. Krista Campbell is the director general of the information and communications technologies branch, and Shannon Glenn, the director general of the policy branch, science and innovation sector.
I didn't get an opportunity to ask you whether all of you will have individual opening remarks. It's just one of you?
Then please begin.