Good afternoon, everyone. I now call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 28 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology. Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), and the motion adopted by the committee on Thursday, June 18, the committee is meeting to study the subject of front-line grocery store workers.
Today's meeting is taking place by video conference, and the proceedings will be made available via the House of Commons website.
As a reminder to members and witnesses, before speaking, please wait until I recognize you by name. When you are ready to speak, please unmute your microphone and then return to mute when you are finished speaking. When speaking, please speak slowly and clearly so the interpreters can do their work. As is my normal practice, I will hold up a yellow card when you have 30 seconds left in your intervention, and I will hold up a red card when your time for questions has expired.
I would like to now welcome our witnesses.
From Empire Company Limited, we have Michael Medline, president and CEO. From Loblaw Companies Limited, we have Sarah Davis, president. From Metro, we have Eric La Flèche, president and CEO.
Each witness will present for 10 minutes, followed by rounds of questions.
We'll start with Mr. Medline. You have the floor for 10 minutes.