Good morning, everybody. Thank you for joining us. I apologize for starting a little bit late, but some of us had some things in the House to attend to.
We're carrying on with our study on forests pests and invasive species. We have two witnesses in the first hour. We have Gail Wallin, who is chair of the board of the Canadian Council on Invasive Species; and David MacLean, professor at the University of New Brunswick.
Thank you both for joining us. The process is that each of you will be given up to 10 minutes to make a presentation, and that will be followed by questions from around the table.
Mr. MacLean, you can start.