Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), we're going to call this meeting to order.
I would like to thank all of our witnesses for appearing today. It's very much appreciated.
The committee has been in St. Anthony, on the Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland. We started out in the Îles de la Madeleine. We left there quite late. We got in at 3 o'clock in the morning last night, so committee members, I thank you all for getting up and making it here this morning.
I'd like to welcome Robert Thibault to the table. It's nice to see you here, Robert.
I think Rodger Cuzner is here somewhere. He's another committee member. Rodger is having breakfast. He's a committee member from Cape Breton.
Earlier I saw the MLA for Shelburne County, Sterling Belliveau. Sterling, are you in the room? Good morning. It's nice to see you here.
And we have the warden for Shelburne County, Ms. Scott, here. How do you do?
Again, I would like to thank our witnesses for appearing today, and certainly the members of the audience. I will tell you, it's nice to have a good turnout. We've had that in every community we've been in. It's good to have a nice large audience. It shows the interest in this issue.
We have the speaking order in front of us. How many people have prepared texts? Ouch! How many of them are less than 10 minutes? Okay, thank you.
Maybe what we'll do is go to Mr. Wadman first. I don't want to put you on the spot, but I just did.