Good morning, colleagues.
This is meeting 40 of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development. It is Thursday, November 19, 2009. Our orders of the day include a return to our committee's study on Bill C-300, An Act respecting Corporate Accountability for the Activities of Mining, Oil or Gas in Developing Countries.
On our first panel today is a witness who's certainly no stranger to West Block--or to Centre Block, or to any of the other buildings on the Hill--and that's the Honourable Perrin Beatty, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
We also have Susanna Cluff-Clyburne, Director of Parliamentary Relations for the Chamber.
Welcome to our committee this morning. We look forward to your presentation. We will move to a round of questioning, or hopefully a couple of rounds of questioning, following your presentation.
We thank you for your attendance here today.