We will call the meeting to order. As everyone knows, these are the pre-budget consultations of the federal finance committee, and we're doing hearings in advance of the 2017 budget.
Welcome, everyone. Thank you for coming. We have so many pairs of people appearing this morning that we've had to reset the room.
In any event, when we're on the road, we ask members to introduce themselves so that you at least know who we are, what parties we represent, and what region we come from.
I'm Wayne Easter, the chair of the committee, and my riding is next door. After you get around all of those roundabouts, you'll get to the riding of Malpeque.
Francesco, do you want to start?