Order, please. Today I am chairing the 30th meeting of the Standing Committee on Official Languages on this Thursday, March 8, 2012. Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(f), we are continuing the study on the evaluation of the Roadmap: improving programs and service delivery.
This morning we have witnesses from the National Research Council Canada and representatives of Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions and of Western Economic Diversification Canada. Each group of witnesses will have 10 minutes to make its presentation. Then we will move on to a period of questions, which will be asked in turn by committee members representing the political parties.
We will begin with Danial Wayner, Vice-President, Frontier Science, National Research Council Canada. He is here with Charles-Antoine Gauthier, Acting Director of Research Programs.