Harold Albrecht at the Environment and Sustainable Development Committee

I'd like to call meeting number 69 of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development to order.

I want to welcome our guests. We have with us this morning, Chief Byron Louis, representative of the Okanagan Indian Band. I checked with him and he said his name is indeed pronounced with an s at the end. I'm glad to clarify that.

We also have William David, senior policy analyst for environmental stewardship. We have, from the Maritime Aboriginal Peoples Council, Josh McNeely, executive director of Ikanawtiket. Finally, from the World Wildlife Fund Canada, we have Mr. Peter Ewins, senior species conservation specialist.

I want to welcome our witnesses to the table today. We'll begin with the Assembly of First Nations, and we'll open with Chief Byron Louis.