Ladies and gentlemen of the committee, we can begin.
Welcome.
Madam Gélinas and your colleagues, welcome.
This is meeting number 15 of the Standing Committee on Natural Resources. Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), we are studying the 2006 report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development.
Witnesses before the committee today are from the Office of the Auditor General of Canada: Madam Johanne Gélinas, Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development; Mr. Neil Maxwell, principal; Mr. Richard Arseneault, principal; David McBain, director in the division; and Kim Leach, director in the division.
We welcome all of you.
Pursuant now to Mr. Cullen, who has distributed a notice of motion, members, before we go on, Mr. Cullen has indicated he will do this very briefly. Do I have consensus with the committee, before we have Ms. Gélinas, to allow Mr. Cullen to briefly introduce his notice of motion?