The meeting will now resume in public.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the meeting of the Standing Committee on Official Languages.
We would like to welcome some special guests this morning.
I'd like to introduce our invited guests this morning. We have Brad Pascal, Bob Nicholson, René Marcil, Jacques Paquette, and Tom Scrimger.
Welcome to all of you.
We are going to be dealing, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), with a study of the explanation of the decision to name Shane Doan captain of Team Canada at the world championships.
We will begin with 10-minute presentations. Then we will have a few rounds of questions, with the first being a seven-minute round.
We're going to be very, very strict with the seven minutes when questions are being answered, because we want to make sure all members get their allotted time.
We will begin with Mr. Paquette.