I call this 66th meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance back to order. We are continuing our discussion of Bill C-38.
We want to thank our guests for coming in today and for joining us by video conference. We have four witnesses in this panel.
First of all, from the Canadian Auto Workers Union, we have economist Jim Stanford; from the Retail Council of Canada, we have Madame Diane Brisebois, the president and CEO; and Karen Proud, as well, from that same organization; by video conference, we have Professor Marjorie Griffin Cohen—she joins us from Simon Fraser University—and via video conference from Toronto, we have from Campaign 2000, national coordinator, Laurel Rothman.
Thank you all for being with us. Each of you has up to five minutes for an opening statement, and then we'll have questions from members.
We'll start with Mr. Stanford and proceed in the order I outlined.
Mr. Stanford, please.