Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It is a pleasure for me to appear before you again today.
As the committee has requested, we'll be making presentations on the environmental process modernization plan and our response to recent decisions of the Federal Court on science funding.
I think all members have copies of the presentations. We've also provided a copy of our interim policy guidance on what we call the continuation of collaborative arrangements, which is code for our response to the Larocque decision, and which I think is the area the committee is particularly interested in. Just by way of information, we will be commencing discussions with industry next Monday in Vancouver on that draft policy.
We've also provided a copy of a letter in response to one of Mr. Stoffer's questions last week about habitat restoration projects in B.C.—although, in fairness to the clerk, I don't think there's been a chance to distribute it yet.