I call this meeting to order.
We are resuming meeting number 87 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance and the debate on the motion by PS Beech, the amendment by MP Blaikie and the subamendment by MP Morantz in relation to the study of Bill C-47.
Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the House order of June 23, 2022. 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 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 mike. Please mute yourself when you are not speaking. With regard to 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 earpieces and select the desired channel.
As a reminder, 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. We appreciate your patience and understanding in this regard.
Members, before we commence, you should have received the budgets for our PBC travel as well as for the potential Paris travel.
I just want to see if we can adopt those budgets at this time. That is for the clerk.
(Motion agreed to)
Thank you, members. That is done.
On another note, a very important one, there have been some injuries to interpreters because of devices. There are popping sounds, etc., that happen. Try to keep the earpiece and the mike a little distance away...and make sure that your devices are a little bit away from the mikes. It has caused some injuries to our interpreters. We want to ensure that we do everything we can to stop that from happening.
When we last left off, MP Perkins had the floor. We're going to MP Dzerowicz after that.
MP Perkins, the floor is yours.