If I can ask colleagues, and our guests, to find their seats, please.
We're back to meeting 53 of the Standing Committee on Finance dealing with pre-budget consultations.
Colleagues, we have votes at 6 p.m., so those are going to cause a shortening of this meeting. I'll ask at the time for unanimous consent to sit until about 5:50 p.m. if that's okay.
We want to thank our witnesses for coming. We have here in our second panel, first of all, Canada's Building Trades Unions. We have the senior advisor, Mr. Christopher Smillie. Welcome back.
We also have Frédéric Julien from the Canadian Arts Coalition. Welcome.
From Futurpreneur Canada, we have the CEO, Ms. Julia Deans, welcome. From Monster Canada, we have the manager, Mr. Scott Byrne, welcome.
From Solidarité rurale du Québec, we have Christian Thivierge. Welcome.
You will each have five minutes for your opening statement and then we will go to members' questions. We'll start with Mr. Smillie, please.