I'd like to call meeting number 17 of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development to order, please.
We welcome today our witnesses: from the Quinte Conservation Authority, Mr. Terry Murphy, general manager and secretary treasurer; from Conservation Ontario, Bonnie Fox, manager of policy and planning; and from the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority, Don Pearson, general manager.
Welcome. We will begin now with your opening comments. Each of you has a 10-minute opening statement. After we've had all three statements, we will go to different rounds of questioning from the members.
We'll begin with Mr. Terry Murphy, general manager and secretary treasurer of the Quinte Conservation Authority.