Good morning to our witnesses and to members of the committee. Welcome to meeting 11 of the Standing Committee on Natural Resources on Tuesday, April 27, 2010.
Today we're going to be into wind and tidal, well represented by Mr. Sean Whittaker, vice-president, policy, for the Canadian Wind Energy Association, and Mr. Ronald Scott, from the Maritime Tidal Energy Corporation. Welcome to both of you, and thank you for being here.
Today the committee is resuming the study on the status of the ecoENERGY program. Today's session is on alternative renewable fuels.
Generally, we have eight to 10 minutes for presentations. Then we have a round of questions and answers from the members of the committee. It's in a particular order. Feel comfortable to ask for clarification on the questions. On the part of the committee, they will direct who they would like the question answered by. This is a fairly freewheeling event.
The other chair is in transit.
Maybe we'll just begin. Who would like to start?
Mr. Whittaker, would you like to begin?