I call the meeting to order.
Good afternoon, everybody. Let's get started. Welcome to some of our substitutes. We have Lloyd Longfield, and I think we are going to have Ed here in a moment.
To our witnesses for today, welcome to the environment committee. We're going to move right into your opening statements. We'll give you each up to 10 minutes. We're expecting bells at four o'clock. When we have bells, we will require agreement to carry on. I'm hoping that because we're in this room and votes are just upstairs, we may be able to go until about a quarter after, but we'll deal with that when we get the bells.
Then we'll go into our regular question-and-answer period for as long as we are able to. When we leave for the vote, that will be the end of the session.
I really appreciate the witnesses for being flexible regarding locations and times today. It's a pleasure to have you with us and to hear you.
Let's jump into it. Let's start with the Canadian Council on Renewable Electricity. I'll give you 10 minutes. We have cards. When you get down to one minute left, I'll give you the yellow card, and when you're out of time, I'll give you the red card. Try to wrap up then.
We'll move into it.
Sorry; would you be okay with seven minutes for your opening statements? That will just help us tighten it up and get into some of the interaction.