Good morning, everyone. I'd like to thank you for the opportunity to appear again before the committee as part of your study of the roadmap.
I'll take only two minutes because I want to give as much time as possible to my colleague, who has new material, and to questions from the committee. In our first appearance before the committee on October 18, 2011, we unfortunately didn't have as much time as we would have liked for questions. So I am pleased to be here to continue this discussion and answer the questions that couldn't be asked last time or that may have been raised in the testimonies you've heard since then.
I just want to take the opportunity to stress the importance that my team and I place on the committee's work. You are an important source of information. We listen to the testimonies you receive. We are greatly interested in the information that emerges. In fact, we consider the testimonies you hear as being formal consultations. Obviously in addition to that we have our informal consultations that take place as part of our business dealings. We are conducting a series of forums and special events, as well as a detailed study of the documentation, strategic plans from the communities and other various sources. This amalgamation of all this information provides us with clarification and enables us to make proposals to the minister.
I'll stop there because I'm sure there will be questions. I will now turn things over to the assistant deputy minister, if I may.