The finance committee will recommence our deliberations on the pre-budget consultative process.
We welcome our guests today. We assure you that we can eat and listen at the same time, and we will welcome your presentations.
You will have five minutes. If you so desire, take a look up here and I'll give you a little hand signal when you have about a minute to go, just to let you know in advance, so you should draw your presentation to a conclusion.
I invite any guests who have cell phones with them to turn them to shock, if they wish.
We'll begin our presentations with Gerry Barr, from the Canadian Council for International Co-operation.
Five minutes, sir.