Good morning, everyone. I call this meeting to order.
This is the 35th meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance. We are continuing our pre-budget consultations for 2010 for the 2011 federal budget.
I want to welcome you all here this morning. We have on our first panel seven organizations to present to us. First of all we have Philanthropic Foundations Canada; then we have the Ontario-Quebec Grain Farmers' Coalition, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Canada, the Sarnia Lambton Chamber of Commerce, the RCMP Heritage Centre, the Canadian Association of Agri-Retailers, and the St. Catharines-Thorold Chamber of Commerce.
Thank you all for being with us here this morning. You each have five minutes for an opening statement, and we'll proceed in the order mentioned. Then we'll proceed to questions from members.
I believe we'll start with Ms. Pearson.