I call the meeting to order.
Hello everyone.
This is the 45th meeting of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development. Welcome.
This is a public meeting.
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Our meeting today is to commence a study on Bill C-244, an act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 and the Wrecked, Abandoned or Hazardous Vessels Act, and we have MP Patrick Weiler here with us to talk about his private member's bill.
Before we go to him, I have a couple of pieces of business.
We have a vote scheduled for 4:15 today, so I am seeking the unanimous consent of the committee to go through once the bells start, until 10 minutes before the vote. We can then suspend, and people can vote, either in person or virtually. What is the interest of the committee? Does it work for everybody to go through closer to the voting time? Okay.
We need to approve two—