Welcome to the second panel of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance, meeting number 19. As everybody knows, we're operating under an order of reference of Tuesday, March 24. The committee is meeting on the response of the Government of Canada to COVID-19.
Today, and especially with the minister and his officials here, we're considering a biweekly report that has been provided by the Minister of Finance on the actions undertaken pursuant to parts 3, 8 and 18 of the COVID-19 Emergency Response Act.
I know the minister's time is limited. We really appreciate it, Minister. In fact, I was trying to give you a break and not have you come to this meeting today, but thank you for finding the time later in the day to appear in person. I think you have about 45 minutes, and then we'll go to officials after that. We'll allow you to start with an opening statement and then we'll go to questions. The first one up on questions will be Mr. Poilievre.
Go ahead.