Good morning, colleagues. Good morning all. This is meeting number 42 of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development on Thursday, November 26, 2009. The orders of the day today include a 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 witnesses on our panel today we have, from Barrick Gold Corporation, Peter Sinclair, senior director, corporate social responsibility; from Goldcorp Inc., Dina Aloi, vice-president for corporate social responsibility; and from Kinross Gold Corporation, Mac Penney, director of government relations. As well, appearing from the law firm Fasken Martineau DuMoulin, we have Michael Bourassa, partner; Raymond Chrétien, partner and strategic advisor; and the Honourable James Peterson, counsel to that law firm.
We have invited the guests today to share the panel for the full two hours so as to accommodate as many questions as possible from our members. I invite each of you to make brief opening statements, and then we'll proceed to the first round of questioning.
I believe I have a point of order from Madame Lalonde.