Good morning everyone. I now call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting 38 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, and 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. I'll remind you that 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.
As is my normal practice, I will hold up a yellow card when you have 30 seconds left in your intervention. I will hold up a red card 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.
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 economic recovery from COVID-19.
I would like to now welcome our witnesses.
Today we have Mr. Robert Lyman, principal, ENTRANS Policy Research Group. We have Ms. Josipa Gordana Petrunic, president and chief executive officer, Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium. We have, from the Coalition of Concerned Manufacturers and Businesses of Canada, Veso Sobot, board member. From Mothers Step In, we have Laure Waridel, co-instigator.
From the same organization, we are also hearing from Émilie Robert, a biology teacher from Rouyn-Noranda.
We are also welcoming Jean-François Samray, president and chief executive officer of the Quebec Forest Industry Council, as well as Michel Vincent, director of the Economics Markets and International Trade Branch at the Quebec Forest Industry Council.
From Tavos Industries, Mr. Alexander Kung, director of sales and business development.
Each witness group will present for up to five minutes, followed by rounds of questions. We will start with Mr. Lyman.
You have the floor for five minutes.