Good morning, colleagues. We are excited to have gender equality, gender parity, before our committee today. How wonderful that is.
Today we have a very exciting bunch of witnesses for our study on the economic security of women in Canada. We have from the Business Development Bank of Canada, Lesley Lawrence, the senior vice-president; and Michelle Scarborough, the managing director of strategic investments. We also have, from Globacon, Ramona Benson, the chief commercial officer.
Also with us are Marilyne Picard, Geneviève Dion and Marie-Ève Tétreault, from the organization Parents jusqu'au bout.
Welcome ladies.
We are going to give you seven minutes per organization, but before we do that, I want to let the committee members know that our analyst, who works so hard on our behalf, is getting married on Saturday.