I call this meeting back to order. I ask that all witnesses and members of Parliament find their seats, please. We have another panel and another hour-and-a-half session.
We are continuing our discussion of Bill C-38, the budget implementation act. We have another six panellists during this session.
We want to thank all of you for being here. We are a little bit behind time because we had to have a brief meeting prior to the last panel, but we want to thank all of you for coming in.
First of all, we have
Alain Noël, who is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the Université de Montréal.
Welcome.
We also have with us the Canadian Conference of the Arts, with Monsieur Alain Pineau, national director; the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions, with Linda Silas, president; the Canadian Media Guild, with Ms. Karen Wirsig; the Canadian Museums Association, with executive director John McAvity; and the Council of Canadians, with Mr. Anil Naidoo.
You each have up to five minutes for your opening statement. We'll proceed in the order that I've read to you.
We will begin with Mr. Noël.
You have five minutes.