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Welcome to all of the witnesses. Sorry about the technical difficulties. We are studying the challenges faced by women living in rural communities.
For those of you who haven't participated before, wait until I recognize you by name in order to speak, and when you want to speak, you can click on the microphone icon to activate your mike. All comments should be addressed through the chair
Interpretation in the video conference will be very much like in regular committees. You have a choice at the bottom of your screen of either “Floor”, “English” or “French”.
When speaking, please speak slowly and clearly for the interpreters. When you're not speaking, your mike should be on mute.
I'm pleased to welcome today Dr. Vianne Timmons from Memorial University, Angèle McCaie from Femmes Fortes, and Fern Martin, who is here as an individual.
Each of you will have five minutes to make your remarks, and then after that we'll go into our round of questioning. Each member will have a certain number of minutes. I will try to gently end each of the questioning sessions fairly and kindly.
We'll start with Dr. Timmons for five minutes.