I call to order the 63rd meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance. Our orders today, pursuant to the order of reference of Monday, May 14, are for a discussion of Bill C-38, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 29, 2012 and other measures.
We want to thank our witnesses for their patience in waiting for us to return from the vote in the House.
We have with us here this morning four organizations. First of all, we have the Canadian Association of Professional Employees, then Democracy Watch, Merit Canada, and the United Food and Commercial Workers Union.
Thank you very much for being with us. You each have up to a maximum of five minutes for your opening statements, and then we'll have questions from members.
We'll start with the Canadian Association of Professional Employees, please.