That's correct, Mr. Chairman.
I'm the general director of the tax policy branch in the Department of Finance. I'm joined by my colleague, Lawrence Purdy, who is the senior chief of the tax legislation division in the Department of Finance's tax policy branch.
We don't have any opening remarks. I had the privilege of appearing before this committee in the previous Parliament on essentially the same general issue. Committee members will be aware of the statement issued by the Minister of Finance yesterday. We have provided to the clerk copies of that statement and the accompanying material. They've possibly been circulated to committee members. During the course of our discussion we may have occasion to refer to at least some of the examples in that material.
We are in your hands.