Thank you. I'll share that credit with our committee staff. They've done an excellent job.
Are all in favour of this budget proposed by Mr. Jean?
(Motion agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])
I want to welcome our guests to our second panel. Thank you so much for being with us today.
We have six presenters on this panel. We have from the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association, the president and CEO, Brenda Kenny. From the Canadian Labour Congress, we have the senior economist, Angella MacEwen. From the Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association, we have the president and CEO, Mr. Garth Whyte. We have from l'Institut de recherche et d'informations socioéconomiques, professeur Éric Pineault. From Unifor, we have economist Jim Stanford back with the committee. From the United Steelworkers, we have their economist, Mr. Erin Weir.
Welcome. Thank you so much for being with us. You have five minutes maximum for an opening statement, and then we'll have questions from members. We will begin with Ms. Kenny, please.