We will come to order for the session in Halifax on pre-budget hearings in advance of the 2018 budget.
For the panellists who are here, welcome. We will get to you in a minute. We have a 15-minute space for what we call open-mike sessions before we start, and 30 minutes after, which will give people the opportunity to make a one-minute statement at the mic. There are no questions from members to those statements. They are statements that go on the record as part of the process.
We will start with those. I believe we only have two.
Welcome, Julianne. The floor is yours.