I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 36 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology. Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the House order of January 25, 2021.
The proceedings will be made available via the House of Commons website. So that you are aware, the webcast will always show the person speaking rather than the entirety of the committee.
To ensure an orderly meeting, I would like to outline a few rules to follow:
Members and witnesses may speak in the official language of their choice. Interpretation services are available for this meeting. You have the choice at the bottom of your screen of floor, English or French. Please select your preference now.
As a reminder, all comments by members and witnesses should be addressed through the chair. Before speaking, please wait until I recognize you by name. When you are not speaking, your microphone should be on mute. Please do not talk over each other, as the interpreters will not be able to capture your comments.
As is my normal practice, I will hold up a yellow card for when you have 30 seconds left in your intervention. I will hold up a red card for when your time for questions has expired. Please keep your screen in gallery view so that you can see the cards when I hold them up. We have a tight schedule today, so I will intervene if you go over time.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on November 5, 2020, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology is meeting today to continue its study on the green economic recovery from COVID-19.
I would like to welcome our witnesses.
We have from Canadians for Tax Fairness, D.T. Cochrane, economist; from Clean Energy Canada, Mr. Mark Zacharias, special adviser, and Mr. Felix Whitton, senior policy adviser; from Enerkem, Mr. Michel Chornet, executive vice-president, engineering, innovation and operations; from Whitecap Resources, Grant Fagerheim, president and chief executive officer; and from Wildlands League, Ms. Janet Sumner, executive director.
Each witness will present for five minutes, followed by rounds of questions. With that, we will start with Mr. Cochrane.
You have the floor for five minutes.