Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and good afternoon to you and the committee members.
I am honoured to have the opportunity to present to the committee this afternoon. I am the first vice-president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, and I'm also the vice-chair of the Metro Vancouver regional district, which is a federation of 22 local governments here in the Greater Vancouver area.
Today l'm speaking on behalf of the National Zero Waste Council, which has been developed by Metro Vancouver and the FCM to find fundamental solutions to a problem that all of us face here in our country and can only be seriously addressed through national action.
I know we've distributed our material to all of you. I hope you have it in front of you. I'll be referring to my slides and asking for the committee members to turn your pages as I reference them. I hope you also have our National Zero Waste Council brochure, introducing who we are and what we do. I'll be happy to take any questions afterwards.