Good morning, everybody, on this fine, fresh, not-Monday morning. It's Tuesday.
Welcome to meeting 149 of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology. We are continuing our study on the impacts of Canada’s regulatory structure on small business.
Today we have two panels with us.
The first panel is from the Department of Industry. We have Frances McRae, assistant deputy minister, small business and marketplace services; Stephen Fertuck, senior director, portfolio and intergovernmental engagement secretariat; and Darcy DeMarsico, director, industry sector, economic strategy tables bureau.
From the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, we have Matthew Smith, director, technical barriers and regulations.
I believe that only the Department of Industry has a presentation, and we'll get into questions from there.
Thank you very much for coming.
We're going to start with Frances McRae.
You have seven minutes.