Thank you.
Compared with our previous schedule, which had several meetings next week for three hours, we will not meet on Wednesday, May 19. We will meet on Monday for six hours, and then on the 17th, 18th, 20th and 21st.
Is there any discussion?
(Motion agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])
Then we will go to witnesses.
We're dealing with Bill C-30, parts 1, 2 and 3.
I'll go through the list of witnesses so that they're on the record, and we'll go from there.
We have Trevor McGowan, director general, tax legislation division, tax policy branch; Dave Beaulne, senior director, tax legislation division; Maude Lavoie, director general, business income tax division; Pierre Leblanc, director general, personal income tax division; Pierre Mercille, director general, sales tax legislation; Phil King, director general, sales tax division; François Beaulieu, expert adviser, sales tax division; Dominic DiFruscio, senior adviser, sales tax division; and Warren Light, expert adviser, sales tax division.
Just to committee members, I know members sent me a list for a regular lineup on questions. What we typically do on the budget implementation act—and if you have a concern about it, raise it—is that, rather than going through the five or six minute rounds, we just take, in order, whoever has questions on whatever division we're dealing with.
In part 1(a), if you have a question, I'll recognize you, and we'll take one supplementary. Then we'll go to the next questioner, and then we'll go to part 1(b).
If there are no problems with that, we will start.
On part 1, I believe it is Mr. Trevor McGowan.
Welcome.