Good afternoon. We're here for pre-budget consultations.
Look who's the chair, yes; I'm here replacing the normal chair. He will be absent for about 30 minutes, so please bear with me.
As our chair said earlier, this is our last city in our multiple-city visit. I hope you can enlighten us and keep us interested in what you have to say. The challenge is on all the witnesses. You've been told that you have five minutes for your presentations.
We're here pursuant to Standing Order 83.1, pre-budget consultations for 2009.
I'm going to ask that everybody keep it to five minutes. When there's a minute left, I'll try to indicate that you have a minute left.
We will be starting with the Toronto Board of Trade. The second group will be Holcim Canada Inc., and then it will be the Economics of Technology Working Group.
Then the fourth witness will be the Tax Executives Institute; the fifth, Mr. MacDonald; the sixth, the Woodcliffe Corporation; and the seventh, Opera.ca.
Ms. Wilding, five minutes, please.