Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
We are starting a few minutes late already, in a very lengthy committee meeting, so I would like to call witnesses and members of the committee to order right now.
This is meeting number 4 of the Subcommittee on Bill C-38 of the Standing Committee on Finance.
Mr. Anderson has a point of order, but just let me finish introducing the meeting.
This is our fourth meeting, and our witnesses today are Mr. Jake Irving, from the Canadian Hydropower Association; the Honourable Tom Siddon, former Minister of Fisheries and Oceans; and Pam Schwann from the Saskatchewan Mining Association. From Nature Québec, we have Mr. Christian Simard, and we don't know where he is right now. We also have, from the Department of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, Mr. Jean-François Tremblay, senior assistant deputy minister.
Mr. Anderson.