I know. All Canadians are going to do something extremely important tonight at eight o'clock. This means we have to start to finish on time.
With that, I'd like to welcome everyone back and welcome our final panel of witnesses for this evening.
We have Huw Williams, director of public affairs for the Canadian Automobile Dealers Association. We have Helen Tooze, the senior policy researcher for the Canada Climate Law Initiative. We have Brian Kingston, the president and chief executive officer of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers' Association. We have Stefania Seccia, executive director of advocacy and public affairs for the Women's National Housing and Homelessness Network.
Before we begin, I would like to remind everyone of the following points.
Please wait until I recognize you by name before speaking. For those participating via video conference, click on the microphone icon to activate your mic, and please mute yourself when you are not speaking. For those on Zoom, at the bottom of your screen you can select the appropriate channel of floor, English or French for interpretation. For those in the room, you can use the earpiece and select the desired channel.
I would like to remind all of our witnesses that committee members may ask questions in either French or English. If you will need interpretation, please take a moment now to prepare your earpiece and select the listening channel you need in advance in order to take full advantage of the time allotted for questions and answers.
All virtual witnesses have conducted a mandatory witness onboarding test.
We will now proceed with your opening statements. Mr. Williams, we will begin with you. You have five minutes.