Thank you so much.
Now, before we begin questions, I would like to introduce you to the members of Parliament before you. There are a dozen members of Parliament on the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development in the House of Commons. Today you have about half of us.
Member of Parliament Hedy Fry is from the Vancouver area, with the Liberal Party. We have member of Parliament, François Pilon, and member of Parliament Choquette, both from around the Montreal area of Quebec. They are with the NDP, the official opposition. We have member of Parliament Lunney from the Nanaimo area, and member of Parliament Toet, from Manitoba. My riding is in beautiful Langley, British Columbia.
We will open up to questions. The first four questioners will have seven minutes each.
We'll begin with Mr. Toet. You have seven minutes.