I'd like to call the meeting of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development to order. This is meeting number 79.
We welcome to our committee today the Honourable Peter Kent, Minister of the Environment. Minister Kent, it's great to have you with us. We also have Andrea Lyon and Tony Young with us from the department. We welcome all of you here.
We will give Minister Kent a 10-minute opening statement, followed by questions from committee members in the predetermined order.
Minister Kent, welcome again to our committee. It's always a pleasure to have you here.