I call this meeting to order.
This is the 106th meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance. Our orders of the day—we are televised, colleagues—are pursuant to Standing Order 108(2). We are continuing our study of tax evasion and the use of tax havens.
We have six witnesses here today. We have a very full panel and we have two by video conference, so it will be a challenge from a technological point of view. I will do my best, as chair, to ensure that times move along and that each witness and colleague gets their proper time.
We have with us here today, first, Professor Walid Hejazi from the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.
Welcome back to the committee.
We have Mr. Robert Kepes, barrister and solicitor.
Welcome to the committee as well.
From the Quebec Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions for the Aid of Citizens, we have the président, Monsieur Claude Vaillancourt.
Bienvenue à ce comité.
We have His Excellency Luis Carlos Delgado Murillo, Ambassador of the Republic of Costa Rica to Canada.
Welcome to the committee. Thank you so much for being with us.
We also have two by video conference. First, from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, we have Monsieur Pascal Saint-Amans, director of the Centre for Tax Policy and Administration for the OECD donor assistance committee peer review team.
Bienvenue à ce comité.
From the United Kingdom, we have Professor Paul Collier, a professor of economics and public policy at the University of Oxford.
Welcome to the committee.
We will start in the order that I presented. Each of you will have up to five minutes to make your opening arguments. Then we'll have questions from all members of the committee.
We'll start with Professor Hejazi, please.