Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. We're already a minute or so past 6:30. I have quorum at the table. We have a list of witnesses here that we need to get through.
We have Mr. Tony Maas from the World Wildlife Fund, who is the director of its freshwater program. From the National Energy Board, we have with us Mr. Robert Steedman, their chief environmental officer; from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Warren Everson, senior vice-president for policy; from the West Coast Environmental Law Association, Ms. Rachel Forbes, staff counsel; and from the Canadian Electricity Association, Mr. Geoff Smith, director of government relations.
We start off with your presentations for up to 10 minutes, then we will proceed to rounds of questions.
Colleagues, I've been very generous with allocating time, but we do have to consider our draft report tonight and we will probably be making sure that we end promptly when this part of the meeting is due to end.
Mr. Maas, are you prepared to go?