Monsieur le ministre, nous sommes enchantés de vous accueillir ce matin pour lancer ce qui sera, nous le savons, une étude importante pour le comité, certainement, mais pour le Parlement aussi, croyons-nous, puisqu'il s'agit d'étudier des questions essentielles pour le Nord.
Minister, we're delighted to have you here with us this morning to really start off what we know will be an important study, certainly for our committee, but we also believe for Parliament, as we examine these critical issues in the north. As is customary, we'll open with our 10-minute presentation and then we'll go directly to questions from members.