You slid in a little more than one question there, Mr. Fraser.
We've had many good questions and a lot of good information put out here. Gentlemen, thank you very much for your work. I used to look forward more to your reports when I was in opposition than now on the government side, but I think we all, as MPs, as soon as a report is tabled from the PBO, go to see what it states.
I want to thank not just the three of you, but also your teams for the analysis they do. We appreciate it, and it gives us good information with which to raise further questions. Thank you very much for your presentation. We can release you folks now.
Turning to the committee, we have 10 more minutes. You have the subcommittee report that was sent to you by the clerk. I'll table it now. I won't read it all; I'll just highlight it. It's before you.
The subcommittee met on Monday evening and agreed to invite again, on Tuesday, May 4, Dr. Paul Kershaw from Generation Squeeze, as well as witnesses from CMHC and two additional witnesses, one from the governing party.
I won't read Mr. Julian's motion, but we agreed to basically continue the study on tax evasion and to pull forward the evidence from the previous Parliament on the tax evasion study for the benefit of the committee. We would meet on May 6 on this issue and invite six witnesses for that panel and possibly further panels.
We agreed to call another subcommittee meeting within a couple of weeks.
The subcommittee report goes on:
That if the Budget Implementation Act is presented in the House, the committee commence a pre-study of the said Act on May 11 and 13, 2021 and that the Minister be invited as well as senior officials....
It also says, “That the committee continue its study on the Budget Implementation Act during the week of May 17...with witnesses”. Although it says “from the public” here, it's actually from both the government and the public. If we're not done with the government witnesses, that means that your constituency week has, I'm sorry to say, gone by the wayside.
The report further orders:
That the Analysts work with the Chair and the Clerk to provide the committee with a summary of recommendations in regard to [our] study on COVID-19 Spending, Programs, and Related Monetary Policy for an eventual report to the House.
That's what the subcommittee agreed to.
Could we have somebody move acceptance of that report? Then we'll get into a discussion of it, if necessary.
It is moved by Peter Julian.
Is there any discussion, or are there questions?
Ms. Dzerowicz.