I call the meeting to order.
Good afternoon. Welcome, everyone, to the Standing Committee on International Trade. We are continuing our study on progressive Canadian enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises through e-commerce.
Sorry for our delay, but today is a very special day in Parliament. We are celebrating 150 years of Parliament being on the Hill, so we had some good speeches in the House.
Without further ado, we're going to continue with our study. This is our final meeting on e-commerce.
With us today as witnesses are the Business Development Bank of Canada, the Canada Post Corporation, Canadians for Tax Fairness, and Export Development Canada.
Folks, in case you're coming to committee for the first time, we'd like you to keep your presentations to five minutes or under, if you can, so we can have lots of dialogue with the MPs afterwards.
Without further ado, we're going to start with the Business Development Bank of Canada. We have Shannon Glenn, assistant vice-president for government relations.
Go ahead, Shannon. You have the floor.