Thank you, Mr. Chair. We'll be splitting our time this afternoon.
Mr. Chair and honourable members, thank you for the opportunity to speak to Bill C-2. It's great to be back at parliamentary committees, albeit still in a virtual form. I'd just say congratulations to this committee for being first out of the gate in terms of various committees with work under way on the House side.
Many of you will be familiar with the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Canada's largest business association. We look forward to working with all of you throughout this upcoming parliamentary session. My colleague Alla will speak in a moment about some of the specifics of Bill C-2.
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