Thank you very much, and good morning, Mr. Chair and members.
Thank you for the opportunity to be here today to discuss more in-depth efforts in science at the department. I'm accompanied by many people, but let me introduce them before I turn it over to Dr. Wendy Watson-Wright, who is the assistant deputy minister responsible for science. With me is Monsieur Serge Labonté, director general, who is leading the science renewal that you have targeted for your attention this morning; Dr. Sylvain Paradis, director general, ecosystem science directorate; and Dr. Savi Narayanan, who is responsible for ocean science and the Canadian Hydrographic Service.
You've been provided with the presentation, so I will not take up too much of your time. We have an hour. I will ask Dr. Wendy Watson-Wright to go through the presentation to set the context for your questions.
Thank you.