Good morning. I call this meeting to order. Welcome to meeting number three of the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women. Today’s meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the House order of September 23. The proceedings will be made available via the House of Commons website. The webcast will always show the person speaking rather than the entire committee.
With regard to the speakers list, the committee clerk and I will do the best we can to maintain a consolidated speaking order for all members, whether or not they are participating virtually or in person.
Today our committee is meeting on its study of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on women. I will make a few comments for the benefit of our new witnesses.
At the beginning, you will each have five minutes to make your speech. I will recognize you by name and when you're ready to speak, you can click on the microphone icon to activate your mike. The interpretation in this video conference will work very much like it does at a regular committee meeting. You can choose at the bottom of your screen the floor, English or French. When speaking, please speak slowly and clearly. When you are not speaking, please have your mike on mute.
Our first panel will be for one hour and the second panel will be 30 minutes. Then we'll go in camera and switch to the other Zoom link, which will take a few minutes.
Without any further ado, I would like to welcome our witnesses who will begin our discussions. We have today Penny Wise, the president of 3M Canada; Kevin McCreadie, chief executive officer and chief investment officer, AGF Management Limited; and Leah Nord, senior director, workforce strategies and inclusive growth, council for women's advocacy, Canadian Chamber of Commerce. Then we also have Vicky Smallman, national director, women's and human rights, Canadian Labour Congress. We'll start with Penny.