We'll call the meeting to order. This is the fifth meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance, and pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), we'll be continuing pre-budget consultations for budget 2016.
Before we begin with witnesses, we have a little bit of housekeeping to take care of or we won't be able to follow-through on our commitment to provide assistance to witnesses getting here from afar.
You have a budget before you. It's on that long sheet of paper. It's a budget for $55,150. It was budgeted for basically 44 witnesses. You do know that we have 92, but it's based on those that will be asking for travel or the video conference costs. There are many national organizations on short notice that are in Ottawa and are able to come at maybe a taxi chit expense, if that.
Are there any questions on the budget? If not, I require a mover to put a motion that the proposed budget in the amount of $55,150 for the study on the pre-budget consultations 2016 be adopted and that the chair present the said budget to the liaison committee.