I call the meeting to order pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the study on the issues of the new rules of boat stability and, in particular, the matter of the fishery boat length requirement.
I would like to welcome our witnesses: David Bevan, assistant deputy minister, from fisheries and aquaculture management, Department of Fisheries and Oceans; from the Department of Transportation, Mr. Victor Santos-Pedro, director of design equipment and boating safety, together with William Nash, director general for marine safety.
Welcome, gentlemen.
If you have a presentation, Mr. Bevan, you know the drill. You've been here enough times. I'll let you go ahead.