Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I would like to thank all the witnesses for being here today.
I have only six minutes to ask you questions; I'd love to have sixty. I have three questions in particular, and one is for the mayor, since you're the only mayor who will be officially presenting to the committee.
I wonder if you could expand on your opening statement. You said a few things about the challenges with municipalities attracting other industry. Do you have some specific ideas on that?
The other question is for Dr. Rosen on the Beacon Project. I was so thrilled to have that investment here in Oshawa. What are some of the results you're going to be seeing with this joint project, and what is it going to do for the manufacturing sector, not only here in Oshawa but across the country?
The third question is for Mr. Paterson. You talked about the economy of scale and trade policy. There has been a lot of talk about environment and emission standards, and some people are pushing to adopt California's standards. What effect would that have on the economy of scale we now enjoy in Canada?
I know it's kind of quick, but if you could answer those three questions that would be wonderful.
Mr. Mayor, will you start?