I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting No. 31 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry and Technology. Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on Friday, July 15, 2022, the committee is meeting to study the Rogers Communications service outages in early July.
Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the House Order of Thursday, June 23, 2022. For members in the room, if you wish to speak, please raise your hand. For members on Zoom, please use the raise hand function. The clerk and I will manage the speaking order as best we can.
For the first hour today, we will be hearing from, and we thank him for being available, the Honourable François‑Philippe Champagne, member for Saint-Maurice—Champlain and Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry. He is accompanied by Simon Kennedy, deputy minister, as well as Éric Dagenais, senior assistant deputy minister, Spectrum and Telecommunications Sector, and Mark Schaan, associate assistant deputy minister, Strategy and Innovation Policy Sector.
For the second hour, dear colleagues and members of the public, from Rogers Communications, we will be hearing from Tony Staffieri, president and chief executive officer, as well as Ron McKenzie, chief technology and information officer.
Without further delay, Mr. Minister, the floor is yours.