I call the meeting to order.
This is meeting 118 of the Standing Committee on Finance. Our orders of the day, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), are for a study of the economic and fiscal outlook.
We are very pleased to be joined here this morning by four officials from the Parliamentary Budget Office.
First, we have the Interim Parliamentary Budget Officer, Madam Sonia L'Heureux.
Welcome to our committee for the first time.
We have Mr. Mostafa Askari and Mr. Sahir Khan, both assistant parliamentary budget officers, and Monsieur Chris Matier, senior director, economic and fiscal analysis and forecasting.
Welcome, all of you, to the committee.
Madam L'Heureux, I understand you have an opening statement to present to the committee. Then we'll have questions from members.