Even though we are a few minutes early, I'm going to call this meeting to order and ask Mr. Brown to lead off.
We're here for two hours. I'm anticipating some order in the first hour when we ask our questions, and maybe a little less formality in the second hour as we dive deeper into Bill C-59.
I appreciate the interest of all of the departmental officials in the deliberations of the committee. This is an opportunity for the committee and various officials to interact on both a semi-formal and a less formal basis.
With that, we'll start with Mr. Brown.