I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 12 of the Standing Committee on Science and Research. The committee is meeting to study the private sector investment in research and development in Canada.
I would like to make a few comments for the benefit of the witnesses and all the members. Please wait until I recognize you by name before speaking. For those participating by video conference, click on the microphone icon to activate your microphone, and please mute yourself when you are not speaking. For those on Zoom, at the bottom of your screen you can select the appropriate channel for interpretation: floor, English or French. I will remind you that all comments should be addressed through the chair.
I would like to welcome our two witnesses for today's first panel.
We are joined by Michael McDonald, vice-president of external and member relations at Colleges and Institutes Canada, and also by Dugan O'Neil, vice-president of research and innovation at Simon Fraser University, who is joining us by video conference.
Welcome to both of our witnesses.
Each witness will have five minutes for opening remarks. After that, we will go to rounds of questions.
Before we begin, MP Baldinelli would like to say something.