I call to order yet another session of the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs.
Today we have as our witness Lieutenant-Colonel Matthias F. Reibold, and he's the defence attaché for the embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, based here in Ottawa.
Sir, just before you present, I'm going to give you some idea of what we're up to and then hand the floor over to you.
Mr. Gaudet, you do not have interpretation? Okay, we're having technical issues.
I could just try to conduct the meeting, but I don't think we'll be allowed to do that, so we're going to suspend for five minutes or so until we have the technician arrive. I apologize.