I call the 42nd meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance to order. Orders of the day are pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), continuing our study of tax incentives for charitable donations.
We have six organizations with us here today. First of all, we have Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada, the Canadian Council of Christian Charities, Cardus, the Community Foundations of Canada, the David Suzuki Foundation, and the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada.
I understand some of you are new to a committee format, so in terms of what will happen, each of you will have five minutes for an opening presentation. If you watch me, as the chair, I'll give you a signal to indicate when you have a minute left, and then we'll have questions from members in five-minute rounds.
We'll begin with Mr. MacDonald for your five-minute presentation.