We have quorum and we have our witnesses, so we'll call to order the 14th meeting of the Standing Committee on National Defence. We'll continue our study on the Canadian Forces in Afghanistan.
We have a couple of agenda items today, ladies and gentlemen. We have witnesses to hear and then we have committee business. We have a notice of motion from Mr. Bachand, and then we have planning for future business to deal with. We also have bells at 5:30, for a vote at a quarter to. If we could deal with our witnesses and terminate that at a quarter after, we should be able to deal with our committee business before 5:30, when the bells will ring.
I'd like to welcome to the committee today Major-General Daniel Benjamin, commander of Canadian Operational Support Command, and Colonel Jocelyn Cousineau.
Gentlemen, welcome. You've given us the presentation that I understand you're going to be using. We'll turn the meeting over to you for that presentation, and then we'll go into questions. But you're probably familiar with how the committee works.
Major-General Benjamin.