I call the meeting to order.
This is the 40th meeting of the Standing Committee on Natural Resources. Pursuant to the order of reference of Monday, June 1, 2009, we are discussing Bill C-20, An Act respecting civil liability and compensation for damage in case of a nuclear incident.
Today we are continuing our deliberations. We welcome our guests and witnesses. In the first panel, from 3:30 to 4:30, we have Mr. Rex Loesby, president of Canadian Remote Power Corporation, and from Ontario Power Generation Inc. we have Mr. Albert Sweetnam, executive vice-president and director of nuclear new build, and Mr. Pierre Tremblay, senior site vice-president, Pickering. Welcome.
Through our videoconference technology, from Toronto we have Mr. Norman Rubin, director of nuclear research for Energy Probe. Mr. Rubin, welcome. Are you hearing us okay?