Good morning, everyone. I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 15 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted on January 20, 2022, the committee is resuming its study of marine cargo container spills. This meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the House order of November 25, 2021.
Interpretation services are available for this meeting. Please inform me immediately if interpretation is lost and we’ll ensure that it is restored before resuming. The “raise hand” feature at the bottom of the screen can be used at any time if you wish to speak or alert the chair. When you are ready to speak, click on the microphone icon to activate your mike. Please speak slowly and clearly. When you are not speaking, your mike should be on mute. I would remind you that all comments by members and witnesses should be addressed through the chair.
I’d also like to remind all participants that screenshots or taking photos of your screen is not permitted.
I would now like to welcome our first panel of witnesses. From the Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board, we have Kathleen Fox, chair; André Lapointe, chief operating officer; and Clifford Harvey, director of marine investigations. We will now go to whoever is speaking from that group.
I want to welcome our members who are attending by Zoom.
I also want to wish Mr. Perkins a quick recovery from his recent diagnosis. I don't know if he's doing that for our benefit, to let us know that he is sick, or if he's really coughing.
We'll now go to our first speaker, for five minutes or less, please.