Angelo Iacono at the Environment and Sustainable Development Committee

I call the meeting to order.

Good morning, colleagues.

Today is meeting number 15 of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development.

This meeting is taking place in a hybrid format and is in public. We have witness testimony for two hours.

For those here in person, please follow the health and safety guidelines on the cards found on the table to prevent audio or feedback incidents.

I'd like the committee to adopt the three budgets distributed by the clerk. These amounts are to reimburse the witnesses for their expenses for appearing, as well as our own logistics costs.

First of all, is it the will of the committee to adopt a budget in the amount of $1,000 for the study of the copper redhorse's critical habitat in the Verchères Islands?