I call to order meeting number 7 of the Standing Committee on Finance. Pursuant to Standing Order 83.1, we are continuing our pre-budget consultations 2013.
Colleagues, we have two panels here today of an hour and a half each. In the first panel we have a professor from the University of Toronto, Dr. David Hulchanski. Welcome.
Next, we have
Mr. Girard, from the Agence métropolitaine de transport.
Welcome to the committee.
We also have from the Canadian Real Estate Association, Mr. Gary Simonsen. From Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, we have the president and CEO, Dr. Barry McLellan. From the Tourism Industry Association of Canada, we have Mr. David Goldstein. Welcome.
I think we are still waiting for our contact in Calgary via video conference, Mr. Justin Smith from the Calgary Chamber of Commerce. Hopefully he will be tied in here shortly.
Gentlemen, you all have five minutes maximum for an opening statement. I will hold you to that fairly rigorously.
We'll start with Professor Hulchanski, please.