Welcome, committee members.
I'd like to call to order meeting 21 of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development.
We have three witnesses today: Mr. Chris McLaughlin, executive director, Bay Area Restoration Council; Ms. Nancy Goucher, program manager, Environmental Defence Canada; and Conrad deBarros, project manager, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority.
We have an hour-and-a-half meeting today as far as the open session is concerned. We have bells slated for 5:15. We were hoping to reserve 20 minutes for in camera, but we're going to cut that back to 15 and try to conclude our witnesses and questions by 5 o'clock.
We'll begin with Mr. Chris McLaughlin for a ten-minute opening statement from the Bay Area Restoration Council.
Mr. McLaughlin, welcome.