Welcome back to meeting number 121 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance.
The committee is considering matters related to committee business, specifically the motion by PS Rachel Bendayan and the amendment by MP Lawrence.
Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format pursuant to Standing Order 15.1. Members are attending in person in the room, and remotely using the Zoom application.
I'd like to make a few comments for the benefit of the members.
Please wait until I recognize you by name before speaking. For those participating by video conference, click on the microphone icon to activate your mim, and please mute yourself when you are not speaking.
Regarding interpretation for those on Zoom, you have the choice at the bottom of your screen of either the floor, English, or French. For those in the room, you can use the earpiece, and select the desired channel.
Although this room is equipped with a powerful audio system, feedback events can occur. These can be extremely harmful to interpreters, and cause serious injuries. The most common cause of sound feedback is an earpiece worn too close to the microphone. We therefore ask all participants to exercise a high degree of caution when handling the earpieces, especially when your microphone, or your neighbour's microphone, is turned on.
In order to prevent incidents, and safeguard the hearing health of the interpreters, I invite participants to ensure that they speak into the microphone into which their headset is plugged in, and to avoid manipulating the earbuds by placing them on the table away from the microphone when they are not in use.
I remind members that all comments should be addressed through the chair. For members in the room, if you wish to speak, please raise your hand. For members on Zoom, please use the “raise hand” function. The clerk and I will manage the speaking order as best we can, and we appreciate your patience and understanding in this regard.
On that, we last left off where MP Kurek had the floor and was speaking to the amendment. We had a speaking order of MP Blaikie, MP Genuis, MP Lawrence, MP Majumdar, and MP Soroka.