I call this meeting to order. Welcome to meeting number 153 of the Standing Committee on Finance.
Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format. All witnesses have completed the required connection tests in advance of the meeting. I'd like to remind participants of the following points.
Please wait until I recognize you by name before speaking. All comments should be addressed through the chair. Members, please raise your hand if you wish to speak, whether you're participating in person or via Zoom. The clerk and I will manage the speaking order as best we can.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on June 13, 2024, the committee is resuming its study of the changes to capital gains and corresponding measures announced in budget 2024.
I would like to welcome our witnesses. With us today, as an individual, we have an adjunct professor of health policy at Simon Fraser University, Professor Steven Lewis. He is joining us via video conference. From the Canadian Cattle Association, we have the senior director of government relations and public affairs, Ms. Jennifer Babcock, as well as officer at large Jack Chaffe. From Canadians for Tax Fairness, we have Katrina Miller, who's the executive director there. From the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer, we have the Parliamentary Budget Officer with us, Yves Giroux. Joining Mr. Giroux is the director of budgetary analysis, Govindadeva Bernier.
You'll have up to five minutes to make your opening remarks. Then we'll proceed to the rounds of questions from the members.
Members, we are having some technical challenges with Kim Moody, who's also here as an individual. We're trying to fix those, so we'll put him at the end right now. Hopefully those challenges will be rectified.
I guess there are some connection issues with Katrina Miller for Canadians for Tax Fairness. She is trying to find a piece that will work with her computer or system, so that she's able to connect with us. Hopefully that happens.
With that, we're going to start with Steven Lewis, please, for up to five minutes.