Are the Conservative members okay with that?
Seeing agreement like this in the committee is so nice. Thank you, everybody.
We'll extend the deadline to May 22. Maybe we'll encourage folks, if their briefing is ready by April 30, to submit it by April 30. If there are people who need more time, we'll allow briefs to be received until May 22, while encouraging folks to do so earlier.
Thank you, everyone.
Returning to the meeting at hand, I would like to welcome our witnesses.
For the first hour, we have Mr. Ronald Butler. We also have Mr. Peter MacKenzie, senior policy analyst from the C.D. Howe Institute, and Ms. Vasiliki Bednar, managing director from the Canadian SHIELD Institute for Public Policy.
Each of you will have five minutes for your opening remarks, and we'll go in the order I mentioned.
Mr. Butler, we'll start with you, please.