Could we come to order.
We will start with committee business. The subcommittee, or steering committee, on finance met the other day, and the clerk has handed out a report of its conclusions. That is before you. It's the first report. We would need a motion to accept this. Maybe I should explain it a bit.
First, we've agreed that KPMG be invited before the committee on Tuesday, May 3, for a 90-minute televised meeting on the committee study of the Canada Revenue Agency's effort to combat tax avoidance and evasion, and that the last 30 minutes would be set up for committee business.
Second, the committee will hear from the honourableMinister of Finance and officials from the Department of Finance on Thursday, May 5. We're having a little discussion on whether that's still possible. The minister's office confirmed with me that they thought this was doable, but it's subject to their confirmation.
Third, the week of May 9 to May 13 will be set aside for a series of televised meetings to consider the budget implementation act. That is subject to the budget being out of the House on May 6. If it isn't out of the House by then, we could have a motion to discuss not the act itself but its subject matter more generally, to get a start on it. We can discuss that as well.
Fourth, the committee will invite Andrew Treusch, commissioner of revenue and chief executive officer of the Canada Revenue Agency; Ted Gallivan, the CRA deputy assistant commissioner, compliance programs branch; Stéphanie Henderson, the manager of offshore compliance; and other relevant officials from the CRA to appear before the committee on Tuesday, May 17, for a 90-minute televised meeting on the aforementioned study on the CRA's efforts to combat tax avoidance and evasion.
Fifth, the committee will hear from the honourable Minister of National Revenue on Thursday, May 19, for a two-hour televised meeting. The first hour would be devoted to the committee's study on the Canada Revenue Agency and the tax avoidance and evasion question, and the second hour would be devoted to the main estimates.
That was the conclusion of the subcommittee.
Mr. MacKinnon.