I call the meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 22, panel one, of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance. Pursuant to the order of reference of Tuesday, March 24, the committee is meeting on the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In order to facilitate the work of our interpreters and ensure an orderly meeting, I would like to outline a couple of rules.
Interpretation in this video conference will work very much the same as it does in regular committees, and a number of you have been before the committees before. You have the choice at the very bottom of your screen of floor, English or French. Speak as slowly as you can and as clearly as you can for the interpreters. Your mute button is down in the bottom corner. Stay muted until you're called upon, if you could.
As chair, and on behalf of the committee, I want to thank everyone for coming. We've been trying to get a lot of witnesses in. I know that SARM has been trying to get on here for about three weeks, for example. There are a lot of witnesses on this panel, eight, and I'd like you to hold as tightly as possible to the five minutes so that we have time for questions.
With that, we'll start.
We'll go to the City of St. Albert, if we could, with Mayor Cathy Heron.