I call the meeting to order.
Good afternoon, everybody. Welcome to our Monday meeting. Thank you for joining us.
We offer apologies to our witnesses. We're starting a bit late. Today is a celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Parliament of Canada, and there were four former prime ministers in the House of Commons. For reasons that aren't clear to everybody, some of the committee members thought it was more important to stay there with them than to come here. Nonetheless, here we are. Richard was here at 3:30 sharp.
We thank the three of you for joining us today. I'm going to dispense with lengthy formal introductions because we're running short on time, but the process is as follows: each of you will be given up to 10 minutes to make your presentation. Following that, there will be a round of questions. You can deliver your remarks or answers in either official language. There are devices available should you need something to be interpreted.
On that note, I will say welcome again.
Mr. Foster, since I'm looking at you, why don't you start us off?