Thank you, Mr. Risser.
Before we continue, I want to run through the process again. In addition to the witness we have just heard, we have today representatives from the government, from the Departments of Industry and Finance.
I want to remind committee members, particularly new committee members, that the officials present today or at any time aren't here to discuss government policy. They are the implementers of government policy and they can talk about how these processes are working through their department or give you background information on various things, but we'll save the political questions for the ministers, when they appear before the committee.
Let me say that the particular topic today appears to be shipbuilding virtually exclusively, so we have, from the Department of Industry, Gary McGee, who is the director of the defence and marine directorate in the Aerospace, Defence and Marine Branch of Industry Canada, with Emile Rochon, who is the senior program coordinator for the Aerospace, Defence and Marine Branch of Industry Canada.
From the Department of Finance, I think you are aware, we have Dean Beyea, senior chief, International trade policy division, International Trade and Finance; Patrick Halley, chief of tariffs and market access; and Kei Moray, who is the assistant director of the business income tax division with the Tax Policy Branch.
So we have lots of firepower here. They should have many of the answers you require. We'll begin.
We're going to remind members that on the first round the first four questioners will have seven minutes for questions and answers. The next round will be of five minutes. I think we should have lots of time to get through a couple of rounds today. We will stick closely, with our clerk and his stopwatch, to the set time as agreed by the committee.
We'll begin today with Mr. Brison, for seven minutes.