Colleagues, please take your seat.
I apologize to the officials and colleagues. We are going to be interrupted by a vote, but we should get started on this.
It's been indicated that part 1, which is obviously a very large part of Bill C-13, is of interest to many members. I think, in the interest of time, we'll do question rounds, and I'll try to follow the same format we typically follow.
We have two officials here who are able to answer questions on part 1, so I'll begin with questions.
Perhaps I'll just have the officials introduce themselves and tell us their role with the Department of Finance.
Welcome to the committee.