We have two sessions today, from 3:30 to 4:30, and from 4:30 to 5:30. Our witnesses from Calgary are on the line listening to this first session, so they will be able to respond in the second half.
Because this is to be oil sands 101, an introduction, I remind members to take a look at the oil sands report that was done by the Standing Committee on Natural Resources in March 2007. There's a lot of pretty interesting testimony and information there that you should check out.
For our witnesses, I'd like to welcome you. Because the House is about to rise for the summer, this will be an opportunity for us to get our feet wet, so to speak, and get as much information as we can regarding this topic, on which we will go further in the fall. I would ask you to keep that in mind in your presentations, and the relation between water and oil sands, but more specifically just the general topic of oil sands and development in that area.
In this first hour, rather than going for ten minutes, I will not time you. I'll let you have the floor to give us as much information as you can.
If a question arises and you just can't wait, members, please raise your hands and I'll try to entertain it that way in this first hour. We'll see how that works. If it doesn't, we'll revert back to whatever time we have left. But because this is designed, as Mr. Scarpaleggia asked, to give us information, that's what we'll emphasize in this first hour.
You can begin, Mr. Stringer. Welcome. Go for it.