Colleagues, we will call this meeting to order. This is the 45th meeting of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development.
Today we have a panel of four different witnesses representing four different organizations. We will proceed in alphabetical order. We have the Canadian Taxpayers Federation; Colin Craig is the prairie director. From the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, we have Joseph Quesnel, who is a policy analyst. We have, from Patterson Creek Consulting, Mr. John Graham. And from Peguis Accountability Coalition, we have Phyllis Sutherland, who is the president of that organization.
To our witnesses, the standard practice is that we hear from you first. We'll allow you five minutes, to accommodate everyone. We'll give you some leniency, if necessary, to finish final comments. We're hoping we can keep to that general timeframe, and then we'll begin the rounds of questioning. At that point you may be able to expand on some of the points you've made.
We'll turn first to the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, and that's Mr. Colin Craig.
We'll turn it over to you. We'll hear what you have to say, and then we'll proceed through the witness list in alphabetical order.
Mr. Craig.