Thank you very much, Irena.
Thank you all for your presentations. They're important for us to have.
With that, we'll turn to our official witnesses. As everyone knows, these are the pre-budget consultations for the budget that will be tabled in 2019.
I will note that members have on their iPads your original submissions, those who submitted them before August 15. They'll be referring to those once in a while.
To give you an idea where everyone comes from and whom we represent, I'll ask the members to introduce themselves.
I'm Wayne Easter. I'm a member of Parliament from Prince Edward Island with the governing party.
Peter, please begin.