Agreed. We are ready to resume.
I would now like to welcome our witnesses.
From the Treasury Board Secretariat, we have Vidya ShankarNarayan, senior assistant deputy minister, people & culture, office of the chief human resources officer, Carsten Quell, executive director, official languages centre of excellence, people & culture, office of the chief human resources officer, and Annie Proulx, director, regulations and policy, official languages centre of excellence, office of the chief human resources officer.
You have five minutes for your opening remarks. Then we will proceed with a question and answer period with committee members.
Ms. ShankarNarayan, you have five minutes.