Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Bonjour à tous.
Welcome to the 30th meeting of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology. Today we're going to be looking at portions of the budget implementation act that were referred to us a couple of weeks ago.
And we have three organizations with us. I think it's just three witnesses as well. From the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters we have Martin Lavoie, who is the director of policy; from The Conference Board of Canada, we have Glen Hodgson, senior vice-president and chief economist; and from Futurpreneur Canada, we have Julia Deans, chief executive officer.
I'll follow the order that's before me.
So, Mr. Lavoie, I think the clerk has advised you to try to stay within five minutes for your opening remarks.
Please proceed.