I call this meeting back to order. We are resuming our study of Bill C-59, an act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 21, 2015, and other measures.
I want to welcome all of our officials here this morning. Thank you so much for being with us.
Colleagues, I've received some feedback in terms of priorities, so this is how I will proceed as chair. We will do part 1 first, then we will proceed to part 2, and then we will proceed to part 3. In part 3 we will do divisions 1, 6, 7, 10, 18, and 20. If we have time, and that's a big if, we will do part 3 divisions 8 and 19. Those are the sections that committee members have indicated are priorities for them.
I want to welcome our officials for part 1. I ask you to make an extremely brief opening statement. Members have all had extensive briefings on the bill itself, so we'll just do a brief introduction of part 1 and then we'll go to members' questions.
Mr. McGowan, I think you'll be doing the statement.