Good morning to all the members, witnesses and guests. This is the 34th meeting of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development.
Our topic is northern economic development, or more specifically, identifying the barriers and opportunities there are to advance the economic circumstances for Canada's north and for northerners.
Members, this morning we're joined by two departments. First will be Mr. David Boerner, the director general for the Geological Survey of Canada section of NRCan. He will be followed by presentations from the Department of Transport and Infrastructure Canada. We are joined today by officials from those departments: Ms. Guylaine Roy, the associate assistant deputy minister for policy, and Mr. Roussel, director general for marine safety, from Department of Transport; from Infrastructure Canada we have Mr. Taki Sarantakis, the associate assistant deputy minister for the policy and priorities directorate, and he is joined by Samantha Tattersall, director, policy and priorities directorate.
Thank you very much for joining us today.
Monsieur Lévesque, do you have a question?