We will resume now.
Welcome to the second panel of witnesses.
In the second hour of the meeting, we have, via videoconference, Frédéric Lacroix, Essayist, As an individual; we also have, from the Quebec Council of Employers, Karl Blackburn, President and Chief Executive Officer, as well as Denis Hamel, Vice President, Politics and Labour; and, lastly, from the Société de la francophonie manitobaine, we have Angela Cassie, Chair of the Board of Directors, and Daniel Boucher, Executive Director.
Each of the groups will have a maximum of five minutes for your presentation. I will let you know when you have roughly one minute left.
We'll begin right away, and Frédéric Lacroix will be the first speaker.
Mr. Lacroix, go ahead for five minutes.