This meeting is called to order.
Welcome to meeting number 115 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Official Languages.
To prevent feedback incidents, I would remind all in-person participants to read the guidelines written on the cards on the table.
I would also remind you all to wait until I recognize you by name before speaking. All comments must be addressed through the chair. Please raise your hand if you wish to speak, whether you are participating in person or via Zoom. The clerk and I will do our best to follow the speaking order of those with raised hands and to recognize you.
Before we enter into the subject of the meeting with our witnesses, I would remind you that you received a news release about the report we prepared on the economic development of official language minority communities. I will be presenting the report at 10 a.m. this Thursday.
That said, we will now—