Welcome all to meeting three of our committee. I hope everybody's ready to roll. We have a very full agenda today.
I want to thank a large number of people who are coming forward in front of the committee to share their wisdom with us.
I'd like to start by welcoming the Office of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, with Julie Gelfand, the commissioner; Andrew Ferguson, principal; and Kimberley Leach, principal.
I'd also like to welcome the Department of Environment and Climate Change Canada. There's quite a list. We have Mike Beale, who's the assistant deputy minister of the environmental stewardship branch; Karen Dodds, assistant deputy minister, science and technology branch; Dan McDougall, assistant deputy minister, strategic policy branch; Louise Métivier, assistant deputy minister and chief negotiator for climate change; John Moffet, director general, legislative and regulatory affairs; and Carol Najm, assistant deputy minister, finance branch.
From Parks Canada we have Jane Pearse, chief administrative officer. Welcome.
As well, from the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, we have Heather Smith, vice-president of operations.
Thank you to all of you, and welcome to the committee.
Just so it's clear to all of us—because some of us are new to this process—we're going to start off by hearing from all the witnesses. There will be 10 minutes for the Office of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, 20 minutes for the Department of Environment and Climate Change Canada, 10 minutes for Parks Canada, and then 10 minutes for the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency. We're going to hear from all of them and then we'll move to questions. Thank you.
Welcome, Julie Gelfand. Thank you. You have the floor.