Thank you so much.
We will begin our questioning.
The questions that are within the scope of the study we're doing today are what should be the purpose of a national conservation plan, what should be the goals, what should be the guiding principles, what conservation priorities should be included in a national conservation plan, what should be the implementation priorities, and what would the consultation process be. That's the scope of the study. We will be reporting to the government as a committee on the creation of a national conservation plan. If you go beyond that scope with your comments, it's permitted, but it won't really provide valuable input that we need in creating this report to Parliament. Keep that in mind, please, both members of the committee and witnesses.
I'd like to introduce you to the panel. We have 12 members of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development, and there are six of us before you today. Mr. Woodworth and Mr. Lunney are with the government, as am I. Then we have Monsieur Choquette and Madame Liu with the NDP, the official opposition, and Mr. Eyking with the Liberal Party.
We will begin questioning. The first round is seven minutes, and we will begin with Mr. Woodworth.
You have seven minutes.