We'll call this meeting back to order.
This is our second hour. We have two guests with us, Marc André Boivin, the coordinator representing the Réseau francophone de recherche sur les opérations de paix. He has been working in the research field of peace operations and peacekeeping. From the University of Ottawa, we have Pierre Beaudet, professor, International Development and Globalization Program, Faculty of Social Sciences. He has been a consultant to CIDA and a researcher and director of Alternatives and Alternatives International, and he has worked in the international development field.
Certainly we welcome you here. We have invited you in the past and have run into some problems. I don't know if they were technical or what they were, but welcome here today.
You know how this committee works. You have ten minutes or so for opening statements, and then we'll go into questions.
The time is yours.