I call the meeting to order.
Welcome, witnesses and members, to meeting number 25 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.
Today's meeting is taking place by video conference, and proceedings will be made available via the House of Commons website.
In order to facilitate the work of our interpreters and ensure an orderly meeting, I would like to outline a couple of rules.
In order to avoid both languages being heard at the same time, members should use the English channel when speaking in English and the French channel when speaking in French, and avoid switching from one language to the other during the intervention. The floor feed can be activated when listening to the meeting.
The use of the headset with the boom microphone is highly recommended.
Beyond that, speak slowly and clearly if you can.
I would now like to welcome our witnesses. Thank you again for coming.
I would ask witnesses to try and hold remarks to about five minutes. That way we have plenty of time for questioning.
We have seven witnesses today. We will start with BILD Alberta Association and Scott Fash, executive director.
Please go ahead, Mr. Fash.