Good morning, colleagues. This is the 34th meeting of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, on Thursday, October 22.
Today we're going to return to our committee study of Bill C-300, An Act respecting Corporate Accountability for the Activities of Mining, Oil or Gas in Developing Countries. As our witness in the first segment today, we will have, from the Halifax Initiative Coalition, Karen Keenan, the program officer.
Welcome to our committee.
We have to pretty well stop for committee business at 10:30. That was the idea. We have two different witnesses. In the second hour, CIDA will be here. We may go until 9:30 or 9:45 and just see how much time we have.
Welcome, Ms. Keenan. We look forward to your comments. Then we'll have our questions for you.