Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I want to thank our witnesses for coming here today.
Because this is a public meeting, and people may be tuning in and have no idea what we are talking about, Mr. Fortier, could you give me a brief understanding of how the follow-up committee was formed, its mandate, who was on it, was it ever done before?
I'm from Burlington, and we had a Petro-Canada refinery close, right next door. I was a city councillor at the time, and my ward bounced right up against it. I don't recall any discussion in 2005 of this. Shell closed before that. I know Mr. McTeague lives in Oakville, but there was a Petro-Canada refinery and a Shell refinery, and the Shell refinery closed first.
What is the mandate of your committee and its make-up?