Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. This is meeting number 55 of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities. We're here to continue with our current study to explore the potential of social finance in Canada.
Members of the committee expressed an interest in bringing back government officials for further questioning after hearing from witnesses across Canada.
We're pleased today to have with us from the Department of Employment and Social Development, Ms. Siobhan Harty, director general, social policy directorate, strategic policy and research branch, along with Mr. Blair McMurren, director, social innovation, strategic policy and research branch. Welcome back to the committee.
From the Department of Finance we have Miodrag Jovanovic, director, personal income tax, tax policy branch.
Finally, from the Canada Revenue Agency, we have Ms. Cathy Hawara, director general, charities directorate, legislative policy and regulatory affairs branch, and Mr. Bryan McLean, director, policy, planning and legislation division, charities directorate, legislative policy and regulatory affairs branch.
Members, we have just the one panel today, so we'll start with seven-minute rounds during the first round. I'm at your behest in terms of how long you want the meeting to go on. If you exhaust the questioning, at a certain point we'll end the meeting, because I think there's a feeling there may be some redundancy. I'm just pointing that out. I've talked to a few members of the committee who feel that might be the case. We may end early, but I'm at your behest in terms of how many questions you wish to ask or your timing of them.
Let's begin with our first round of questioning with Madam Groguhé. Are you going first?