I call the meeting to order.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) we are doing a study of the positive effects of the global markets action plan.
We are just starting this study. As is tradition as we start a study, we have a budget to bring witnesses in. We have it before the committee. We would entertain a motion to accept that budget before we hear our witnesses this morning.
Mr. MacKenzie moves it.
(Motion agreed to)
We'll now get down to the more interesting parts of our study.
We have with us from the C.D. Howe Institute, Daniel Schwanen, assistant vice-president of research. We also have John Curtis, senior fellow of the C.D. Howe Institute, Toronto, and of the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, and adjunct professor at Queen's University.
We want to thank you, Mr. Curtis, for being here. We'll yield you the floor first and we look forward to your testimony before we get into questions and answers.
Go ahead.