Good afternoon. Welcome to our meeting, which begins the study on Canadian Environmental Protection Act, CEPA, enforcement.
Before we start, I would just like to read out the second report of the subcommittee on agenda and procedure of our committee and have the committee adopt it, because it essentially lays the groundwork for today's meeting.
Your subcommittee met on Thursday, December 3, 2020, to consider the business of the committee and agreed to make the following recommendations:
That, for its meeting of Wednesday, December 9, 2020, in relation to the enforcement of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act study, the committee invite Mr. Amir Attaran from the University of Ottawa, Mr. Muhannad Malas from Environmental Defence and a third witness at the discretion of the Chair.
We have today with us three witnesses. I'm told Mr. Attaran was not able to make it, but we have David Wright, retired Crown prosecutor in Ontario. We have Muhannad Malas, program manager, toxics, from Environmental Defence Canada; and Ben Sharpe, senior researcher and Canada lead at the International Council on Clean Transportation.
As per our usual procedure, you may of course use the official language you prefer.
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