Happy birthday to you, and a hundred more.
Today the committee is meeting with officials from Environment and Climate Change Canada for a briefing on the department's mandate and activities and the legislation it administers.
The witnesses today are Linda Drainville, assistant deputy minister and chief financial officer, corporate services and finance branch; Alison McDermott, assistant deputy minister, strategic policy and international affairs branch; Megan Nichols, assistant deputy minister, environmental protection branch; and Tara Shannon, assistant deputy minister, Canadian wildlife service.
We will proceed to opening remarks and questioning of witnesses. We will follow the committee's routine motion for the time provided for questioning witnesses. We will start with the Conservative Party for six minutes.
We will now proceed with opening remarks from our guests.