Right. Now I know exactly where you are. Thank you.
Mr. Bains is anxious to get started, so we will.
We also have with us today Luis Hernán Correa Miranda, vice-president of the Unified Workers Confederation in Colombia. Mr. Correa was visiting Toronto, Canada, with a Canadian Labour Congress meeting, I believe. We're fortunate to have him come up to Ottawa to join us today.
We're going to proceed with brief opening remarks. We're going to have to keep them brief because our meeting is a little condensed today. I will ask Mr. Correa to begin with a brief opening statement. We will hear all three statements from our witnesses, and then we'll proceed to questioning in the usual manner.
Now we will ask Louis Hernán Correa Miranda, vice-president of the Unified Workers Confederation of Colombia, to please begin.