Good afternoon.
Welcome to the joint meeting of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology and the Standing Committee on Finance. This is meeting number 16 of both respective committees, I believe. Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), we are engaging in a study of the credit card interchange fees and the debit payment system in Canada.
I'd like to welcome all of the committee members who are here today. I'd also like to welcome our witnesses, who represent a number of organizations. These are the Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association, the Québec Hotel Association, the Retail Council of Canada, the Canadian Council of Grocery Distributors, Coalition québécoise sur les hausses de frais de transaction de carte de crédit et de débit, and finally, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.
Before we go to the witnesses for their opening remarks, I believe there is a motion that Mr. Rota, on behalf of the industry committee, and Mr. Wallace, on behalf of the finance committee, will move with respect to the joint hearings this committee will hold over the next number of weeks. This motion was agreed to by all four parties in our subcommittee on agenda and procedure. It concerns dilatory motions.
Mr. Rota, would you care to read the motion into the record?