Ladies and gentlemen, I'm going to call our meeting to order.
Welcome to the 28th meeting of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates. We're very pleased today to welcome a guest from the Canadian Centre of Policy Alternatives, Mr. David Macdonald, who is the senior economist, in consideration of our study regarding the estimates and supply process of Parliament. Normally we invite our guests to give a five- or ten-minute presentation. Then we open it up to five-minute rounds of questioning.
Mr. Macdonald, you have the floor.