I call the 49th meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance to order. We are continuing our 2009 pre-budget consultations.
We just returned last night from Quebec City. We're very glad to be back here in Ottawa to have with us this morning, for the first panel, eight organizations. I will not read the names of all eight at the outset, but we'll start with the Canadian Wind Energy Association.
Each organization will have five minutes for an opening statement. Then we will go to questions from members from all political parties.
We will start with the Canadian Wind Energy Association.