I'll call the meeting to order.
Pursuant to Standing Order 106(2), I think we should first elect a vice-chair, because we lost our vice-chair from the Conservative Party. That will be the first order of business.
Before we get to that, I want to welcome all the new committee members to the committee, and the former committee members back again. We have a lot of work to do with pre-budget consultations already scheduled, and there may be the odd other issue coming up along the way.
I would like to deal with the vice-chair. Is that the way you want to go, so we have things organized?
Pierre.