I call the meeting to order. We are continuing with our study of the manufacturing sector. We have two groups before us. The first will be from eleven until noon and the second from noon until one. We have two excellent witnesses before us. I'm very familiar with those who have been on the industry committee before.
We have Michael Murphy, senior vice-president of policy with the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
Welcome to you, Mr. Murphy.
We have Paul Darby, the deputy chief economist with the Conference Board of Canada.
Welcome to you, Mr. Darby.
Perhaps we'll have Mr. Murphy start. We've agreed that witnesses should have up to ten minutes to present. You can take the full ten minutes or less. Then we'll go to Mr. Darby for up to ten minutes. Then we'll go immediately to questions from the committee members.
Thank you very much for being here.
Mr. Murphy, we'll start with you.