Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Good morning, Ms. Bergeron, and thank you for being here. I will ask you some questions in a bit, but first of all, I have two comments to make.
Firstly, I know that the motion that Mr. Chambers tabled here with the committee will not be debated today, but I just want to remind people that we were contacted before the labour dispute by accounting firms that were already swamped, particularly due to a lack of staff, and that the deadline of May 1 would already have been hard to meet. Then, when the big icestorm hit Montreal and the surrounding area, many municipalities went without electricity for a week. Accounting firms in those towns contacted us to tell us that on top of the hell of trying to do their clients' returns before the deadline with staff shortages and week-long blackouts in many places, they aren't able to get any immediate answers to their questions because of the labour dispute. I just want to tell my colleagues that for all these reasons, we will be supporting the motion.
Secondly, I would like to once again give my sincere thanks to the analysts, who are doing a tremendous job providing background documents to committee members. This is always true in general, but it is particularly true in the field of green finance.
Ms. Bergeron, back to you. Is your financial institution governed by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, whose representatives have just spoken, or does it fall under provincial authority?