Colleagues, I'm going to call this meeting back to order. We're beginning panel two.
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We'd like to welcome you to this panel.
Appearing before the committee today we have Kenneth Deveau, president of the Fédération acadienne de la Nouvelle-Écosse.
We also have Allister Surette, president and vice-chancellor of Université Sainte-Anne.
Welcome to both of you. We're delighted to have you here. Each of you will have five minutes to present. At the four-and-a-half-minute mark, I will hold up a card, which lets you know that there are 30 seconds left.
With that, we say welcome and thank you for joining us.
We begin with President Deveau. The floor is yours.