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Thanks very much for being here. It's good to have you both back.
Really we asked you back—well, the reason why I think we asked you back—is to look at your testimony in December last year and look at the changes since then. I welcome this opportunity to talk to you.
Last year, when the two of you were here at committee, Dr. Dodds, you said in your opening remarks that oversight of WOUDC would continue. In responding to a question from one of my colleagues, I think Mr. Sopuck, you said:
In discussions within Environment Canada, my colleagues in the meteorological service, who with weather monitoring, have a lot more demand on them for data management and information management technologies, have agreed that on the more IT/IM perspective, they will take over that part of the World Ozone and Ultraviolet Radiation Data Centre, the WOUDC. We will maintain the scientific input and the scientific oversight of the integrity of the data.
Dr. Lin, in response to a question from Laurin Lui, my colleague, you said:
We've decided to put the ozone data centre, the WOUDC, under the auspices of the MSC. But at the same time, the S and T branch under Karen will provide scientific oversight. So this is combining the best of both worlds, the one where we have scientific expertise and the other where MSC has the experience in maintaining operational networks.
I guess you would agree.... Obviously, those statements were on the record. But it seems that what you're really trying to communicate is that S and T has the necessary expertise that the meteorological services doesn't have, so they're well placed to work together.
Is that a good characterization?