Order, please.
I declare the meeting under way. This is meeting number 63 of the Standing Committee on Finance.
This is our last day of open pre-budget consultations. We've had a long session. We've tried to hear from up to 400 witnesses, so it's been a long process, involving nine cities across Canada. But it's also been an interesting and productive set of hearings, both here in Ottawa and across the country. So we thank you for being here on our last day of open hearings.
We have two panels today: 9 to 10:30, and 10:30 till noon. We have the following organizations for the first panel: the Forest Products Association of Canada, the Canadian Petroleum Products Institute, the Brain Injury Association of Canada, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Canadian Land Trust Alliance, and the Association of Atlantic Universities.
Welcome to all of you.
We'll start with Mr. Lazar of the Forest Products Association.