I declare the 65th meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance called to order.
Our order of the day, pursuant to the order of reference of Wednesday, May 27, 2009, is Bill C-288, an act to amend the Income Tax Act--tax credit for new graduates working in designated regions.
Colleagues, we have two panels today of an hour each. In the first panel we're very pleased to have our colleague, Madame Deschamps.
Welcome to the Committee.
Ms. Deschamps is the member of Parliament for Laurentides—Labelle. She is accompanied by Mr. Jean-David Beaulieu, a researcher for the Bloc Québécois.
I would also like to welcome Ms. Lysiane Boucher and Mr. Mathias Boulianne from the Fédération étudiante universitaire du Québec.
Welcome to the committee.
We will give each of you time for opening statements. You have an hour for questions and opening statements.
We'll start with Madame Deschamps for your opening statement. You may proceed at any time.