Good morning, everyone. Thank you so much for being with us this morning.
We are in St. John's, Newfoundland, this morning. This is our first city outside of Ottawa for our pre-budget consultations for Budget 2012, the budget consultations that follow up on 2011.
My name is James Rajotte. I'm the chair of the Standing Committee on Finance.
I want to thank you all for coming in this morning. We have a couple of members who are unable to make it because of the weather.
Again, thank you for coming in this morning. We have a full panel. We have six organizations here to present, and then you'll have questions from members from all sides. I'll just list the organizations for everyone: Genome Canada; the St. John's Board of Trade; the Brain Injury Association of Canada; the Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, Canadian Office; the Canadian Federation of Students--Newfoundland and Labrador; and the Council of Canadians with Disabilities.
You will each have up to five minutes for an opening presentation. Then we'll start with questions from members.
We will start with Genome Canada, please.