Good morning, everyone. I now call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 12 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology.
I want to acknowledge the presence of our colleague Mr. Généreux and welcome him to the committee.
Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format pursuant to the House order of January 25, 2021. The proceedings will be made available via the House of Commons website. The webcast will always show the person speaking rather than the entirety of the committee.
To ensure an orderly meeting, I'd like to outline a few rules to follow. Members and witnesses may speak in the official language of their choice. Interpretation services are available for this meeting. You have the choice at the bottom of your screen of “floor”, “English” or “French”.
Before speaking, please wait until I recognize you by name. If you are on the video conference, please click on the microphone icon to unmute yourself. We do not have any MPs in the room, so we won't need the proceedings and verification officer to turn it on and off. All comments by members and witnesses should be addressed through the chair. When you are not speaking, your mike should be on mute.
With regard to a speaking list, the committee clerk and I will do our best to maintain the order of speaking for all members, whether they are participating virtually or in person.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) the committee is meeting today to resume its study on the accessibility and affordability of telecommunications services in Canada. We have two panels today. In our first panel are witnesses from BCE Inc.: Robert Malcolmson, executive vice-president, chief legal and regulatory officer and Jonathan Daniels, vice-president, regulatory law.
In our second panel we will have Raymond Noyes from ACORN Canada. From SSi Canada, we have Mr. Jeff Philipp, founder and chief executive officer and Dean Proctor, chief development officer.
Each witness will present for up to seven minutes followed by our rounds of questions.
I will now turn the floor over to BCE.