Welcome, everybody. I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 106 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance. Pursuant to Standing Order 83.1 and the motion adopted by the committee on Thursday, June 8, 2023, the committee is meeting to conduct the pre-budget consultations in advance of the 2024 budget.
The finance committee is honoured to be starting its cross-country tour on the pre-budget consultation in advance of budget 2024 right here in Atlantic Canada. We've been to P.E.I. and New Brunswick. We drove in from Fredericton yesterday. It was a beautiful drive, with some great scenery all the way here to Halifax. We're delighted to be in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Our finance committee members are from right across Canada, although we are blessed and lucky to have three members from the Atlantic with us here today. From right here in Halifax, we have MP Diab, who is one of the members joining today. We also have MP Perkins from Nova Scotia and MP Thompson from Newfoundland. The other members we have are MP Daniel Blaikie from Winnipeg, Manitoba, and MP Gabriel Ste-Marie from Joliette, Quebec. I'm Peter Fonseca. I'm the chair, and I'm from Mississauga, Ontario.
Again, we're delighted to be here with our witnesses. We thank you for coming before us with your organizations to provide your testimony.
Also from Ontario, I forgot we have MP Eric Duncan. I apologize, Eric. Eric is from eastern Ontario. What's the riding?