Good afternoon, everyone.
I call this meeting to order. Welcome to meeting number 27 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology.
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. Just so that you are aware, the webcast will only show the person speaking, rather than the entirety of the committee.
To ensure an orderly meeting, I'd like to outline the regular rules.
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 the floor, English or French. Please select the language of your choice. Before speaking, please wait until I recognize you by name, and when you are not speaking please make sure your microphone is on mute. I remind everyone that all comments by members and witnesses should be addressed through the chair.
As is my normal practice, I will hold up a yellow card when you have 30 seconds remaining in your intervention and the red card when your time for questions has expired. As we have a tight schedule today, I ask that you to please respect the time limits so that everyone can have a chance to have their questions heard.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on Friday, March 19, the committee is meeting today to continue its study on the proposed acquisition of Shaw by Rogers.
I'd like to welcome our witnesses now.
We now welcome Mr. Pierre Karl Péladeau, President and Chief Executive Officer of Quebecor Media, and Mr. Jean-François Pruneau, President and Chief Executive Officer of Videotron.
From the Canadian Communication Systems Alliance, we have Mr. Jay Thomson, chief executive officer. I will introduce our second panel when they join at 3:30.
Each witness will present for up to three minutes, followed by a round of questions. I understand that Monsieur Péladeau will be taking the slot for Quebecor and Vidéotron, and they may share that time.
With that, I will turn the floor over to Monsieur Péladeau.
You have the floor for six minutes.