Colleagues, I call to order the 74th meeting of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development.
Today we have three different panels of witnesses. We're beginning with two witnesses for the first hour, Mr. Gagnon and Mr. Hrudey. Thank you so much for being here.
Mr. Hrudey is coming as an individual, and is a former panel member of the Expert Panel on Safe Drinking Water for First Nations. Mr. Gagnon is coming to us as a representative for the Centre for Water Resources Studies.
Thanks, gentlemen, for being here. We're going to turn it over to you.
We'll begin with Mr. Gagnon's opening statement, then we'll hear from Mr. Hrudey, and we'll then have some questions for you.