I call the meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 26 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance.
Pursuant to the order of reference of March 8, 2021, the committee is meeting to study Bill C-14, an act to implement certain provisions of the economic statement tabled in Parliament on November 30, 2020, and other measures, for the first two hours. For the third hour, pursuant to the order of reference of February 3, 2021, the committee is meeting to study Bill C-208, an act to amend the Income Tax Act regarding the transfer of a small business or family farm or fishing corporation.
Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format pursuant to the House order of January 25, 2021. Therefore, members are attending in person in the room and remotely using the Zoom application. The proceedings will be made available via the House of Commons website. So that you are aware, the website will always show the person speaking rather than the entirety of the committee. I would remind folks that they're not supposed to take photos or screenshots of the proceedings.
I will leave out a lot of the rest of the preliminaries, but I will remind you that members and witnesses should be addressed through the chair.
I'd now like to welcome our witnesses.
I will not at this time go through the departmental witnesses, but will welcome Minister Freeland and officials from the Department of Finance and others. They as well will be here for the presentation with Minister Freeland
Before you start, Minister, we are going to be interrupted by votes. Your ears might have been burning before you sat in your chair, because we were having a discussion about how we could ensure that you're here for an hour. I just don't know how this is going to complicate things, but maybe you could respond to that and then go to your remarks.