Good morning, everybody. Welcome back.
Thank you for joining us today for the beginning of our new study, which is an overview of forest pest management in Canada. This is the first of six meetings, I believe.
We have three sets of witnesses today. Thank you all for coming.
We have Jean-Luc St-Germain and Derek MacFarlane from the Department of Natural Resources, and Mr. William Anderson from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Joining us by video conference from the New Brunswick Department of Energy and Resource Development, we have Chris Ward and Chris Norfolk.
Thank you all very much for joining us. As I said, this is the first of a series of meetings on this interesting topic. You're going to lay the groundwork for the study for us.
In case some of you aren't familiar with the process, each group will be given up to 10 minutes to make a presentation. You can do so in either official language. You will be asked questions in both official languages, I anticipate. You have translation devices available to you should you need them.
Why don't I start with you, Mr. St-Germain? You can get us under way.