Good afternoon. We are resuming the 14th meeting of the Standing Committee on National Defence.
I would like to thank our witnesses for being here. We would like to welcome Doug Bancroft, Director, Canadian Ice Service, Environment Canada.
From the Department of Natural Resources, we have Monique Carpentier, director general, coordination and strategic issues branch, as well as Don Lemmen, research manager, climate change impacts and adaptation division.
Good afternoon to all of you. Thank you for being here today.
I will begin by giving the floor to Mr. Bancroft from Environment Canada. You have between five and seven minutes.