I'm going to bring the meeting to order, if I could, please.
Before I introduce the minister and her panel, I just want to let the committee know that I'm very appreciative that the minister has come back. This will be the second time she is in front of the committee on this bill, Bill C-69, and that's unusual. She's being generous.
I want to make sure the committee appreciates that it is unusual for a minister to come back on one bill. The reason she is back in front of us is that there were issues raised about the need to ask her specific questions relevant to the testimony we heard over the last couple of weeks on Bill C-69, and possibly some amendments may be brought forward. We have seen many. I think we have several hundred to look at.
I usually am very generous, but today I'm going to be very strict. I want to make sure we stay on target with the questions on Bill C-69, because that's what she's here for.
To get started, I'd like to introduce, obviously, the minister.
Thank you very much for coming back in front of us.
We have Jonathan Wilkinson, MP, North Vancouver, and the parliamentary secretary. We have Ron Hallman, president, Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency; and Stephen Lucas, deputy minister, Department of the Environment.
I welcome you, and I give you the floor.
Thank you.