I call the meeting to order.
Welcome to our witnesses.
This is meeting number 47 of the Standing Committee on Science and Research. Today’s meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the House order of June 23, 2022. Members are attending in person in the room. We also have one member on Zoom this morning.
Please address comments through the chair when you're speaking. I remind you that when you're on Zoom, you should be muted until you're speaking.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(i) and the motion adopted by the committee on Tuesday, February 14, 2023, the committee commences its study of the Government of Canada’s graduate scholarship and post-doctoral fellowship programs.
It's my pleasure now to welcome our witnesses more formally. We have Anna Toneguzzo, acting vice-president, government and stakeholder partnerships, Colleges and Institutes Canada. From the University of Saskatchewan, we have Debby Burshtyn, dean, college of graduate and post-doctoral studies.
You will each be given a maximum of five minutes for your opening remarks, after which we'll proceed to rounds of questions. I'll give you some signals when you're getting close to the time. When you're over the time, I will ask you to wrap things up quickly.
We'll start with Anna Toneguzzo for five minutes.