On this 20th day of July, 2010, I would like to welcome committee members and witnesses to this 26th meeting of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology.
We are meeting today pursuant to Standing Order 108 to consider the impending closure of Shell Canada's Montreal refinery.
We have in front of us during this panel two sets of witnesses. First, we have Madam Dagenais and Monsieur Bilodeau from the Competition Bureau. We also have Mr. Rau, Monsieur Labonté, and Monsieur Gauvin from Natural Resources Canada.
We'll begin with an opening statement from Monsieur Bilodeau.