Colleagues, welcome to meeting 24 of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security. We are following up with our study on social finance as it relates to crime prevention in Canada. We have two series of witnesses, the first group from 3:30 to 4:30, and the second after that. One of them will be live; the other will be joining by video conference.
Right now we have with us Siobhan Harty, director general of the social policy directorate, strategic policy and research branch, Department of Employment and Social Development; and Blair McMurren, director of social innovation in that same branch.
Welcome, both of you here today. We certainly anticipate your comments, and I hope we'll be reasonably friendly in our questions as we move forward.
You're allowed up to 10 minutes per person for a statement.
Please carry on.