To the panel, welcome, ladies and gentlemen. This afternoon we are continuing our pre-budget consultations in preparation of a report for the finance minister for the next budget, and we thank you for being here.
You have been told that you will have five minutes to make an introductory presentation. I will give you an indication when you have one minute remaining, and I will indicate again when you have much less than one minute remaining, to the point where I will be forced to cut you off at five minutes, so that we can allow these fine committee members to question you and to enter into what we know will be an informative exchange.
So I welcome you. We do appreciate very much the time you've taken to be with us today.
We'll start with John Williamson, from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.