We'll reconvene and call the meeting to order.
As the panellists certainly know or they probably wouldn't be here, we're doing pre-budget consultations prior to the 2018 budget. I want to thank you for coming and making your presentations today. Also, thank you to those that presented a pre-budget submission prior to the August deadline. We appreciate that as well and that information certainly is being considered in our pre-budget consultations.
To start and so that you have a tenor of the makeup of the committee, this is a subcommittee of the House of Commons finance committee. We usually travel with seven members instead of the full committee. To give you an overview of the areas of the country we're from, I'm Wayne Easter. I'm a member of Parliament from Prince Edward Island and the riding of Malpeque.
Go ahead, Michael.