First of all, I want to thank you for electing me chair, and I would like to congratulate the two vice-chairs, Mr. Wilfert and Mr. Bachand, on their election.
I will do my best in chairing this committee, as I did in the past.
I will do my best to ensure that our proceedings run as efficiently as possible and that I remain as neutral and non-partisan as possible.
Thank you very much for the confidence that you have placed in me. It is an honour to serve as chair of this committee, assisted by my two vice-chairs.
Now I will ask if we have unanimous consent to go ahead and do our study on Arctic sovereignty. If we have consent, we have some witnesses who are ready to appear before us.
Do we have unanimous consent?