Thank you, Mr. Whoriskey.
I'd like to introduce the panel members. We have Mr. Woodworth and Mr. Lunney, who are with the government; my name is Mark Warawa; then we have Monsieur Choquette and Ms. Liu, who are with the official opposition, the NDP; and Mr. Eyking, who is with the Liberal Party.
We will begin our first round of questioning. Some of the questions will be in French. You have translation.
I'd encourage you to keep in mind the scope of the study in the questioning and the answers. This scope is contained in six questions: what should be the purpose of an NCP; what should be the goals of an NCP; what guiding principles should govern an NCP; what conservation priorities should be included; what should be the implementation priorities; what consultation process should the minister use? If you would, keep that framework in mind.
We will begin our first questioning with Mr. Lunney. You have seven minutes.