I call the meeting to order.
Colleagues, as I am understanding this very confusing day, we have until 6:17, at which point the bells will start ringing for a vote at 6:47. That's what I understand to be the truth, which is probably good for the next 30 seconds, at which point everything will change again.
I want to thank the witnesses for being so gracious with their time. It is extraordinarily frustrating to have all of these votes and delays and cancellations, etc. This time of year is just difficult. Again, I thank you for helping us out with the study.
First of all, we have the Emergency Management NGO Consortium, led by Mr. Goodyear and Mr. Saugh.
We are waiting for Mr. Damien Burns. He will join the panel. He was originally scheduled for the second panel.
We haven't been able to make contact with Mr. Leuprecht, who is in Europe. My guess is that we won't be able to hear from him, which adds to my frustration because that's the third time we've invited him and had to cancel at the last minute, all of which is not good news.
I thank you again for your patience and invite you to make your opening statements, and then we will go to the first round of questions.
Colleagues, since the vote is going to be called at 6:17, how much flexibility can you give me? I guess we can run that up to 6:17. We'll have a few minutes anyway.
Let's start with the Emergency Management NGO Consortium of Canada and Mr. Goodyear.