Ladies and gentlemen, we have a quorum, and I'd like to bring the meeting to order.
I'd like to welcome everyone to meeting number 8 of the Legislative Committee on Bill C-30.
As we said yesterday, we are short one witness due to a family situation, which is regrettable. So we have two witnesses today: Mr. John Drexhage, director of climate change and energy from the International Institute for Sustainable Development; and by video conference from Brussels, Mr. Jos Delbeke, director, climate change and air, from the delegation of the European Commission to Canada.
Welcome to both our witnesses. And Mr. Delbeke from Brussels, thank you very much for joining us.
As is customary, we will give each of the witnesses about ten minutes for an opening statement. We'll probably have a little bit more time for Mr. Drexhage, as he has some helpful information that will assist the committee with regard to the witness we're missing.
Mr. Drexhage, the floor is yours for your initial ten minutes, and then we'll take it from there.