I call the meeting to order.
I want to welcome back Ms. Pauzé, who is back from her trip. Mr. Simard did an excellent job of covering for you while you were gone.
I would also like to welcome Mr. Redekopp, who was on the committee in the 43rd Parliament. He'll be with us for an hour, this morning, filling in for Mr. Seeback.
Before we get started, I'd like to provide an update on the committee's nuclear waste governance report. We reviewed the first draft, and the changes are being made as we speak. We hope to be able to review the second draft Thursday evening.
We are spending the first hour on supplementary estimates (A) and the second hour on version two of the report. It would be good if we could get the report approved Thursday evening, because that would give us time to table it in the House before the summer break. In any case, we have agreement to submit the report through an established process. It is possible to table a report when the House is not sitting and thus start the 180‑day countdown to the government's response. That means that, if we are able to table it, even another way, the 180‑day window will begin well before the fall, and we will receive a response from the government sooner.
We may not get the second draft of the report until five o'clock tomorrow, Wednesday, afternoon. That would give us less than 24 hours for review, but it would just be the changes.
Today, we are pleased to begin a study on a very interesting topic proposed by the Conservatives, clean technologies in Canada. With us are officials from four departments, the Department of the Environment, the Department of Industry, the Department of Natural Resources, and the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food.
Ms. Meltzer, I gather you are ready to give your three-minute opening statement. Can you hear me?
I don't think she's online yet. I know she was having some technical issues, so we'll go to the next witness.
I assume Mr. Noseworthy will be speaking for the Department of Industry.
Mr. Noseworthy, you have three minutes.