Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you very much for being here with us this morning.
We are the House of Commons finance committee. We've been charged with the responsibility of consulting across Canada over the last several weeks. This is the day I'm sure some of our committee members will admit they have been looking forward to: this is our final day of consultations. I'm sure we'll pay rapt attention to your presentations. We appreciate your submitting your briefs.
You've been asked to keep your presentations to five minutes, and I assure you I will hold you to that. I will give you an indication when one minute or less remains and then I will unceremoniously cut you off and move to the next presenter. This is all in an effort to make sure the committee members have a chance to have an exchange with you after your presentation.