Thank you all for being here.
I have a few questions for Mr. Derome from the Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences.
I read your ten-page brief on climate and climatic conditions. I was, to say the least, surprised and somewhat perplexed not to see any reference whatsoever to Kyoto, unless I missed something. That's a bit of a paradox, given that the important ongoing debate in Canada and around the world on climate change centres on the Kyoto Protocol.
Does the presence of senior federal bureaucrats on your foundation's board of directors -- as noted in your submission -- account for the lack of a single mention of Kyoto in a brief on climatic conditions?