I call the 57th meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance to order.
I want to welcome our guests here this morning.
We are continuing our study of tax evasion and offshore bank accounts, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2).
Colleagues, we will have committee business at the end, but for the first hour and a half we have three witnesses here.
First of all, we have Mr. Scott Bartos, senior vice-president and chief compliance officer with HSBC Bank Canada. Secondly, we have Mr. Scott Michel, president, Caplin & Drysdale. And as an individual, we have Mr. Sohmer, a shareholder with Spiegel Sohmer Incorporated.
Gentlemen, thank you all for being with us this morning. You'll have about seven to ten minutes for an opening statement, and then we'll have questions from members of the committee.
We'll start with Mr. Bartos, please.