Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to begin with a submission from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. It's a process question.
In their submission, they state:
In almost every important regulatory matter there will be competing or conflicting interests at play—between employers and workers, communities and companies, large and small firms, resource extraction and Indigenous rights, maximizing profits and protecting the environment.... While common ground should be sought, [the] Treasury Board's most recent regulatory consultations have been heavily slanted towards [the] commercial “stakeholders.” There is little evidence [that] this input is being balanced out by other societal interests.
My question for you is, would you care to comment on that? Would you also care to share with us who sits on these external committees? Is this critique a valid critique, in your opinion?