We will reconvene the meeting.
Just for the purposes of the record, welcome to meeting number 49 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance, the second panel of the day.
We are meeting on the subject matter of Bill C-30, an act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 19, 2021, and other measures.
Just for the information of witnesses, we are operating in a hybrid format, and under this system only people who are speaking will show on the website system of the House of Commons, which is made public.
With that, we will turn to the witnesses. Our first witness is the Conseil québécois du commerce de détail. Mr. Jean-Guy Côté is the chief executive officer.
Jean-Guy, if you could hold your remarks to about five minutes, or thereabouts, it would be helpful.