I call this meeting to order.
We're going to be starting our fifth meeting to continue our study, which is to do a statutory review of the Species at Risk Act pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and section 129 of the Species at Risk Act and the motion adopted by our committee on March 16.
Coming back to give us a briefing again is the department. This time, on behalf of the Department of the Environment, we have with us Virginia Poter, the director general of the Canadian Wildlife Service. From the Parks Canada Agency, we have Gilles Seutin, who is in the ecological integrity branch. From the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, we have Pardeep Ahluwalia, who is the director general of the species at risk directorate.
Welcome, all of you.
I believe, Madam Poter, that you're going to bring us the opening comments. We look forward to hearing them.