I will call this meeting to order.
I think everyone knows why we're here. It's the pre-budget consultations in advance of the 2018 budget.
Before we get to the witnesses on the panel, we have a 15-minute session—I don't think it will be quite that long—for open mike. We also have a half an hour session at the end of the official witnesses for what we call open mike, which is where people can take a minute to state what's on their minds, and what they think the Standing Committee on Finance should be dealing with.
I'll ask each one when they come up whether they represent themselves as an individual or as an organization.
Sheila Taylor, you can grab one microphone, and Tyrone McKenzie can grab the other.
Let's try to keep it to a couple of minutes.