Thank you, gentlemen, for spending an hour and 20 minutes with us, or longer than that. It was an hour and 50 minutes.
We'll call up the witnesses on part 2 and see if we can at least get the summary done. Maybe we can get it all done.
Thank you, Mr. McGowan and Mr. Freda. It was quality time.
Now we are looking at part 2 in terms of amendments to the Excise Tax Act and to related legislation, the GST and HST measures.
With us are Mr. Mercille, who is the senior legislative chief, sales tax division, Finance Canada, and Mr. Achadinha—I might not have pronounced that correctly—who is the legislative chief, sales tax division, tax policy branch.
Welcome. The floor is yours. Thank you for your endurance.