I call the second panel of the 44th meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance to order, as we continue our pre-budget consultations across Canada in our second city of hearings—and my favourite—Edmonton. It's lovely for all of you to be here.
We have with us a number of individuals and organizations, and I'll introduce them in the order they'll be presenting.
First of all, as an individual, we have Mr. Peter Bulkowski; and then we have Meyers Norris Penny LLP; the Edmonton Social Planning Council; Volunteer Alberta; the United Way of the Alberta Capital Region, Success By 6; and His Worship, the Mayor of Edmonton, Stephen Mandel.
Welcome to all of you. Thank you so much for being with us. Because of time constraints, you will have up to five minutes for an opening statement, and after the last presentation we will go to questions from members.
So we'll start with you, Mr. Bulkowski, for five minutes.