I'd like to call meeting number 18 of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development to order.
We are pleased to have four witnesses with us today. We have from McMaster University, Patricia Chow-Fraser. Pat, welcome. From the University of Waterloo, we have Dr. William Taylor. Welcome. From Forum for Leadership on Water, we have Mr. James Bruce. From the St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences, we have Mr. Jeff Ridal.
There have been some negotiations among the witnesses in terms of who will go first because of PowerPoint presentations, and so on.
We're going to begin with Mr. James Bruce from the Forum for Leadership on Water, for the first 10 minutes.
Mr. Bruce, welcome.