Finance committee  Good morning, everyone. I'm Peter Fragiskatos from down the road, I guess, if you want to put it that way. We've been all over the country. I'm from London, Ontario. I was elected in 2015, served on the foreign affairs committee, and now serve on the finance committee. Thank yo

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair; and thank you to the witnesses. I want to begin with the Business Council of Canada. We are the committee studying competitiveness and what that means for the Canadian economy, where we currently are, and what we can do as a country, particularly what th

Finance committee  Are you saying similar or mirror it exactly?

Finance committee  I know this issue has generated a great deal of interest, particularly among economists and the folks in the business community. However, there are those who are skeptical. The economist at the University of Calgary, Jack Mintz, who, as you know, has done a great deal of work o

Finance committee  It's a reasonable view. I read his comments in the Financial Post and then looked at his testimony to the Senate committee on banking, I think. I come from academia. I have respect for anyone who has studied this. Jack Mintz has studied taxation his whole life and hasn't found a

Finance committee  Okay. That's very clear. Ms. Watts, you recommend that the government take action on the issue of elder abuse in Canada. The scale of the problem is striking indeed. According to Statistics Canada, one out of eight Canadian seniors experiences elder abuse each and every year.

Finance committee  The previous government had introduced an awareness campaign. Are you saying that it wasn't effective?

Finance committee  Well, that's encouraging. I only have about 20 seconds left. Are you worried about jurisdictional issues? When you say that elder abuse right now is under the purview of the provinces and the territories, are you worried that the federal government's coming in and doing what

Finance committee  Okay. Thank you very much.

Finance committee  Good morning, everyone. I'm Peter Fragiskatos from London, Ontario. I'm thrilled to be with you this morning and am very much looking forward to your presentations. Thank you.

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to all of you. My community of London, Ontario, has for some time been in the process of transitioning away from a manufacturing-based economy towards something quite different, embracing innovation, embracing firms that are pursuing R and D, an

Finance committee  It's appreciated, Mr. Alexander. As I said, I don't have much time. I have certainly looked at your brief. Taxation matters a great deal. Regulation matters a great deal. One of the things we've heard a lot at this committee is thoughts on regulation and taxation. I just make the

Finance committee  Modesty is a virtue, so thank you very much.

Finance committee  Good afternoon, everyone. I'm Peter Fragiskatos, a member of Parliament for the riding of London North Centre. I sit on the governing side as well. I am very much looking forward to hearing from you today.

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to the witnesses. Mr. Nantais, I wanted to ask you about your thoughts on the USMCA. As you well know, under the terms of the revised NAFTA, cars will be traded tariff-free as long as 40% to 45% of the automobile is made by workers making a minimu