I call this meeting to order.
First of all, I want to thank Mr. Olmsted for his patience. We had to move this meeting to a later time because of a multiplicity of votes.
Before I ask Mr. Olmsted for his five-minute opening statement, I want to bring it to the members' attention that we are now being interpreted remotely. We have remote simultaneous interpretation, or RSI. You'll notice that there's nobody in the booth except for a techie. Individuals on the committee may perceive a very small offset between the voice of a person speaking in the room and what comes through the earpiece when listening on the same channel as the language being spoken—for example, when listening on the English channel to someone speaking English in the room. This is normal and an expected part of the RSI experience. Anyone wishing to avoid this may do so by switching to the floor channel.
This is the way in which we'll be able to expand opportunities to have meetings. As you know, resources have been challenged. This will be normal for the defence committee going forward.
With that, I'll ask Mr. Olmsted for his five-minute opening presentation.
Thank you, sir. I look forward to hearing what you have to say.