While we're having everyone take their seats, I'll mention that I neglected to recognize two members on the committee who aren't normally with us. They are MP Dave MacKenzie and MP Stephanie Kusie. I know Stephanie's been with us before, but I think this is Dave's first time.
Welcome. It's nice to see new faces at the table.
We now have our second panel. As I mentioned before, we do have votes. The bells are going to ring at about 5:30. We are in the same location, just down the hall, so I'm hoping we'll have the will of the committee to continue until about 10 minutes before votes. That way we can get in as much time as we can before we have to break.
Today we have Stephen Hazell, director of conservation with Nature Canada. We also have Jay Morrison, chair, environment committee, Paddle Canada, and we have Rodney Northey, who is a partner with Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP. He was on the expert panel that studied the impact assessment process.
Thank you for joining us today. I would like to turn the time over to the panel. You have 10 minutes each. I don't like to cut in, but I have a yellow card for when you have a minute left in your time. I have a red card for when you've run out of time. I don't mean for you to just drop whatever you're saying, but to just wrap it up quickly. As I said before, I use the same rules for the committee members. I try to be fair.
Who would like to start?
Go ahead, Mr. Hazell.