I call this meeting to order. This is the 40th meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance, with our orders of the day pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), a study of tax incentives for charitable donations. I want to thank all of our guests for being with us here this afternoon.
First of all, we have as an individual, Mr. Donald Johnson, who is a member of the advisory board of BMO Capital Markets. Secondly, from the Canadian Association of Gift Planners, we have Mr. Robert Kleinman. From the Canadian Land Trust Alliance, we have Ms. Karen Cooper. Welcome. From Imagine Canada we have Marcel Lauzière, who is president and CEO. We have two United Ways: from United Way of Burlington and Greater Hamilton is CEO Mr. Len Lifchus—I hope I am pronouncing that correctly—and our final presenter will be from the United Way of Canada, Mr. Allen Hatton.
You each have five minutes for an opening statement. We'll begin with Mr. Johnson.