Good morning, everyone.
Thank you for inviting me.
I'm going to focus my comments today on the opportunity to improve competitiveness by modernizing our approach to regulation. I'm the chief strategic officer for the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, so I bring the perspective of small business to the table. My comments are also informed by my recent experience chairing the external advisory committee on regulatory competitiveness.
I have some slides, if you want to follow along, to support my comments.
Slide 2, on regulatory modernization, shows you that it could also be described as regulatory competitiveness or regulatory—