I officially call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 30. It's the first panel of three today 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 the proceedings will be made available via the House of Commons website. So that you are aware, the website will always show the person speaking rather than the entirety of the committee.
With that, we will welcome our witnesses. We're privileged to have today the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade. With her are several officials from the Department of Finance and the Department of Industry.
With that, Madam Minister, I'll give you the floor. You have an opening statement, and from there we'll go to questions.
So that everybody knows, so they can think about it in the meantime, the first questioner will be Mr. Cumming followed by Mr. Fraser.
The floor is yours, Madam Minister.