Good afternoon, everyone. It's good to be here today.
We're here today to start our study on the pipeline safety act, which is Bill C-46, officially called an act to amend the National Energy Board Act and the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act.
We had agreed to have three meetings plus the clause-by-clause consideration on this piece of legislation. Our first meeting today is with officials. Our second meeting will be with members of the National Energy Board. Our third meeting, an extended meeting, will be with witnesses from the industry as presented by our members. After that we will go to clause-by-clause.
Before I get to that, there are a couple of things that I really should deal with. The first is the budget for this study. You've all received a copy of it. The amount requested in $6,700. Of course, we only spend that if it's required.
I'd just ask the committee for their agreement to approve that budget. Is it agreed?