I call this meeting to order.
This is meeting number 50 of the Standing Committee on Finance. Our orders of the day are pursuant to Standing Order 83.1, continuing with pre-budget consultations 2014.
I want to thank our guests very much for coming in this afternoon. Colleagues, we have two panels before us on the pre-budget consultations.
In the first panel we have, from Queen's University, Professor Arthur Cockfield. Welcome back to the committee. Also back to the committee we have Professor Mike Moffat from the Ivey Business School. From Credit Union Central of Canada, we have the CEO of Conexus Credit Union, Mr. Eric Dillon. Welcome. From Imagine Canada, we have the president and CEO, Mr. Bruce MacDonald. From the Investment Funds Institute of Canada, we have the director of policy and research, Mr. Jon Cockerline.
Welcome to all of you. Thank you so much for being with us. You each have five minutes maximum for your opening statement, and then we'll go to questions from members.
We'll begin with Professor Cockfield, please.