I call this meeting to order. This is meeting number 11 of the Standing Committee on Finance. I want to welcome all of our guests here this morning. We have two panels.
Orders of the day are pursuant to the order of reference of Tuesday, October 29, 2013, the study of Bill C-4, a second act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 21, 2013, and other measures.
We have six presenters at our first panel. We have Professor Ian Lee from Carleton University; from the Canadian Labour Congress, the secretary-treasurer, Mr. Hassan Yussuff; from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, Mr. Gregory Thomas; from the C.D. Howe Institute, Mr. Benjamin Dachis, senior policy analyst; from the Public Service Alliance of Canada, the national president, Ms. Robyn Benson; and from Unifor, the president, Mr. Chad Stroud. Thank you all for being with us here this morning.
You will have a maximum of five minutes for an opening statement, and we'll begin with Mr. Lee, please.