I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting no. 6 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry and Technology. Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on Wednesday, January 26, 2022, the committee is meeting to consider a draft report on critical minerals.Today’s meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the House order of November 25, 2021. Members may attend in person in the room or remotely using the Zoom application.
First I want to thank all the witnesses for joining us. We thank them for taking time from their busy schedules to speak with us today.
We have Jeff Dahn, Professor at Dalhousie University; Benoît La Salle, President and Chief Executive Officer of Aya Gold and Silver Inc.; Meredith Lilly, Associate Professor at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University; Pierre Gratton, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Mining Association of Canada; Brendan Marshall, Vice-President, Economic and Northern Affairs, also with the Mining Association of Canada; and Sarah Houde, President and Chief Executive Officer of Propulsion Québec.
Witnesses will have five minutes each for your remarks. To facilitate the proceedings, please note that I will raise a yellow card when you have one minute left, and when I raise a red card, that means you're speaking time is up. That applies to opening remarks and rounds of questions.
Without further ado, we will give the floor to Prof. Dahn from Dalhousie University.