I call the meeting to order.
This is our second meeting on the rapid rise of the Canadian dollar and its impact on Canada.
We'd like to welcome the witnesses to this committee. We have two sessions. We are a little bit limited in time because of the bells and votes this afternoon, so we'll try to accelerate the proceedings as fast as we possibly can.
We have with us the C.D. Howe Institute, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, the Centre for Spatial Economics, Centrale des syndicats démocratiques, and Confédération des syndicats nationaux.
We want to thank you for coming. We will yield you the floor at appropriate times and introduce you by name.
We'll start with Finn Poschmann. The floor is yours. You have five minutes.
Thank you.