Could we come to order, please.
I just want to welcome everyone to this hearing of the Standing Committee on Finance.
Just to explain to the panellists who are here to start at 9:00, we have what we call an “open mike session”, which gives people the opportunity, either on an individual or organizational basis, to speak for one minute. It's almost like the House of Commons, where you get one minute to give a Standing Order 31 speech, and when you're one second over that minute, you're cut off. We won't be quite that strict, but we'll try to hold you pretty close to a minute.
We'll start with the open mike session on pre-budget consultations for the 2018 budget. What you say will go into the record and will be considered as part of those consultations.
We'll start with Ann Frost.