I call this meeting to order. This is the 54th meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance.
Our orders today are pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), a study of tax evasion and offshore bank accounts. This is our first meeting on this topic.
To start this study off we have two departments here with us today. We want to thank them for coming in this afternoon. We have three officials from the Canada Revenue Agency and we have two officials from Finance Canada. Thank you for being with us here, ladies and gentlemen.
We do have opening remarks from the Canada Revenue Agency. I believe Ms. Ricard will be presenting on behalf of CRA, and then Finance will be available for questions.
Please begin your presentation.