Good morning, colleagues, guests and panellists. I would like to call this meeting to order.
This is meeting number six of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development. Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format. I would like to remind all participants that the taking of screenshots or photos of your screen is not permitted.
Given that we are still in a pandemic, the directives of the Board of Internal Economy remain in place. In other words, if we're here in person, we should respect two-metre distancing, wear a non-medical mask when circulating in the room and maintain proper hand hygiene by using the hand sanitizer provided at the room entrance.
For panellists who are not used to our hybrid meetings, you can speak in either official language, as you wish. When you are not speaking, however, put yourself on mute to prevent ambient noise.
On that, I would like to welcome two new members to the committee. From the Conservative Party, we have Mr. Kyle Seeback and Mr. Colin Carrie. Welcome. I hope you enjoy your stay at our committee and I hope that you are with us for a very long time. I think you will enjoy the work that we do. It's very interesting and I believe we're a very collegial committee.
I imagine the Conservatives will want to proceed—though we could also do this on another day, if you prefer—by proposing a new vice-chair. Is that correct?