Good afternoon and welcome to the 53rd meeting of the Standing Committee on Natural Resources.
The topic on today's agenda is Bill C-46, An Act to amend the National Energy Board Act and the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act.
In the next two hours, we will be hearing from four witnesses.
In the room we have Mr. Martin Olszynski from the faculty of law at the University of Calgary. As well, we have Mr. Ian Miron, who is a barrister and solicitor but is here to speak on behalf of Ecojustice Canada. Mr. Robert Blakely is the Canadian operating officer with Canada's Building Trade Unions.
Welcome, all of you.
By video conference from Calgary, we have Jim Donihee, acting chief executive officer for the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association.
Do you hear us well?