Good morning, everyone. It's great to be back continuing our study of the status of the ecoENERGY program—or programs, I should say, because there are several of them. Today we are dealing with the biofuels. There was a lot of interest by members of this committee in biofuels.
We have two panels today. We have in the first panel, from the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association, Jeff Passmore, the past chair. The current chair, who was going to attend today, I understand isn't feeling well and couldn't be here. We have as well, from the Coopérative forestière Haut Plan Vert, Valérie Patoine, who is a forest engineer, and Lise Dubé, who is an agronomist; and from the Forest Products Association of Canada, Catherine Cobden, who is the vice-president of economics and regulatory affairs.
It's great to have you all here. The clerk has talked to you about the length of the presentations. We normally take the presentations in the order in which they appear on the agenda.
If you're ready, Mr. Passmore, to make your presentation to the committee, we will start with you. So go ahead, please, and then we'll move to questions and comments by the members of the committee.