Welcome to our committee meeting, everybody. We are delighted to have Minister McKenna with us today.
Minister McKenna, thank you very much for joining us today, with your staff. With you today are: from the Department of the Environment, Michael Martin, the deputy minister; from the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, Ron Hallman, president; and from the Parks Canada Agency, Daniel Watson, the chief executive officer.
Thank you very much for being with us today. We are very delighted to have you with us, Minister.
On what we're going to be doing today, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), we have a briefing by the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change on her mandate letter. Pursuant to Standing Order 81(4), we have the main estimates 2016-17: vote 1 under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency; votes 1, 5, and 10 under Environment; and votes 1 and 5 under the Parks Canada Agency, as referred to the committee on Tuesday, February 23, 2016. We also have, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), a study of the subject matter of supplementary estimates (C) 2015-16, votes 1c and 10c under Environment, and vote 1c under the Parks Canada Agency.
There's a lot in front of us today.
Thank you very much for joining us. I know that everybody's very anxious to get started
You have the floor.