Dear colleagues, I'm going to call us back to order.
Welcome back to the committee.
We are on our second panel tonight. I'd like to welcome and thank our witnesses for being so gracious.
This panel goes until 8:30 tonight.
I would like to make a few comments for the benefit of the new witnesses.
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I would remind you that all comments by members and witnesses must be addressed to the chair.
I would now like to welcome our witnesses, who are appearing as individuals.
We have Janice Bailey, scientific director, nature et technologies, Fonds de recherche du Québec. We also have Yves Gingras, professor of history and sociology of science at the Université du Québec à Montréal.
Each will have five minutes to present. At the four and a half minute mark, I will hold up this card to let you know that you have 30 seconds left. We aim to be fair.
Once again, a warm welcome to our witnesses.
We'll begin with Janice Bailey, please, for five minutes.