I call the 44th meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance to order.
Thank you all for being here.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the orders of the day are a study of the government's economic update and fiscal projections.
We have four organizations represented here this afternoon. From the Library of Parliament, we have Mr. Kevin Page, the Parliamentary Budget Officer; Mr. Mostafa Askari, assistant parliamentary budget officer; Mr. Sahir Khan, assistant parliamentary budget officer; and Mr. Chris Matier, senior advisor, economic and fiscal analysis.
The second organization we have is the C.D. Howe Institute, and Mr. Finn Poschmann. From TD Bank Financial Group, we have Mr. Derek Burleton. From our fourth organization, Scotiabank Group, we have Ms. Mary Webb, senior economist and manager.
Thank you all for being with us here this afternoon. You each have up to 10 minutes for an opening statement.
We will start with Mr. Page, please.