Good afternoon, everyone. It's good to be at the meeting today with the Minister of Natural Resources, Minister Rickford, and with Bob Hamilton, deputy minister.
We are here today pursuant to Standing Order 81(4) to deal with the main estimates for 2015-16, referred to the committee on Tuesday, February 24, 2015: vote 1 under Atomic Energy of Canada Limited; vote 1 under the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission; vote 1 under the National Energy Board; votes 1, 5, and 10 under Natural Resources; and vote 1 under Northern Pipeline Agency.
Let's get right to the business before us today. I want to start by welcoming you, Minister, to our committee. Thank you very much for coming again. We do appreciate your making yourself available whenever the committee requests that you come.
You are here today on the estimates. If you would like to make an opening statement go ahead. Then we'll go to questions and comments as we normally do.