Good afternoon and welcome to you all.
I would also like to welcome Mr. Regan, who is replacing Mr. Drouin.
I'll call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 29 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food.
Pursuant to the order of reference of Wednesday, February 24, 2021, and the motion adopted by the committee on March 9, 2021, the committee is resuming its study of Bill C-206, an act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, regarding qualifying farming fuel.
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. Just so that you are aware, the webcast will always show the person speaking rather than the entirety of the committee.
I'd like to take this opportunity to remind all participants of this meeting that taking screenshots or taking photos of your screen is not permitted.
I would like to remind you of a few rules in order to ensure an orderly meeting. Please wait until I call on you before speaking. If you are participating via video conference, click on the microphone icon to unmute your microphone. As usual, the microphones of the participants who are in the room will be controlled by the proceedings and verification officer. I would also remind you that all comments from members and witnesses should be addressed through the chair. Please mute your microphone when it is not your turn to speak.
I would now like to welcome our panel of witnesses for our first hour.
Today, our first witness is no stranger to this committee.
Mr. Sylvain Charlebois, welcome.
He is a professor and the director of the agri-food analytics lab at Dalhousie University. From the David Suzuki Foundation, we have Tom L. Green, senior climate policy adviser. We also have, from the Pembina Institute, Isabelle Turcotte, director, federal policy.
We'll start with opening statements—five minutes per organization.
Mr. Charlebois, we will start with you. You have five minutes.