I call the meeting to order.
I would like to welcome the folks from the naval reserve to testify in front of the Standing Committee on National Defence regarding the Royal Canadian Navy, naval readiness, and the defence of North America. Thank you very much for coming. Today we have Commodore Marta Mulkins, Captain Chris Ross, and Chief Petty Officer, 1st Class, David Arsenault.
Before I give you the floor for your opening comments, I have some housekeeping for the committee.
We'll reserve 15 minutes at the end for committee business, and to keep everything orderly and on time, if anyone is speaking and they see this paper come up, they'll have about 30 seconds to wrap up before I have to yield the floor to the next speaker. I would appreciate it if people keep an eye on this piece of paper; it helps me quite a bit.
Before I yield the floor for your comments, I'd like to give the floor to Ms. Blaney, who has to give the committee a notice of motion.
Ms. Blaney, you have the floor.