Good morning, everybody. Thank you for joining us.
We have a number of special guests with us today. Thank you for being here.
Most importantly, we have two groups of witnesses, one by video conference. We have Mr. Connors from the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. From Tree Canada we have Michael Rosen, President, and Léo Duguay.
I understand, sir, at one point in the past you were sitting in other chairs around these tables, so welcome back. The next part will be redundant for you because you know the procedure.
For the other two gentlemen, we're going to give each group up to 10 minutes to make a presentation. Then that will be followed by questions from around the table. You can deliver your remarks or answer our questions in either official language. I anticipate you will be asked questions in French as well as English, and there are translation devices available if you need them.
Mr. Rosen and Mr. Duguay, why don't you start us off.