I call this meeting to order. Welcome to meeting number 25 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs.
Today's meeting, of course, is taking place in a hybrid format.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on October 27, 2020, the committee is resuming its study on the strategy for commemorations in the 21st century.
Welcome to all the witnesses who have taken time out of their day to join us and help us with this study today.
I will introduce all of you individually. Then we'll do a round of opening remarks, five minutes from each of you. Then we'll go into questions.
Appearing as individuals we have Lieutenant-Colonel Jacques Borne. We also have retired Major James D. McMullin; retired Master Corporal Sean Smith; and Lee Windsor, associate professor of history, Gregg Centre for the Studies of War and Society, University of New Brunswick. Representing The Halifax Rifles, we have Corinne MacLellan, honorary lieutenant-colonel.
Thank you to all of you for being here today.
As I said, each witness will have five minutes for opening remarks. After, we'll proceed with rounds of questions. When you get to the one-minute mark I'll be holding up my signal for one minute left. Don't panic, a minute is a long time to wrap up your thoughts, but please do conclude your remarks. One of my roles is the official interrupter. I do apologize in advance for those whom I have to interrupt to play referee today.
Lieutenant-Colonel Jacques Borne, the next five minutes are all yours, sir.