I call this meeting to order.
This is meeting number 70 of the Standing Committee on International Trade.
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Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on Monday, May 29, 2023, the committee is resuming its study of the impacts of the underused housing tax on Canadian border communities.
We have with us today from the Department of Finance, Amanda Riddell, director of real property and financial institutions in the sales tax division of the tax policy branch, and Robert Ives, expert adviser in the sales tax division of the tax policy branch. From the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, we have Mark Allen, executive director of the United States branch.
Welcome, all.
We will start with opening remarks, of course, and then start with rounds of questions.
Ms. Riddell or Mr. Ives, would you like to start, please?