I call the meeting to order.
Good afternoon, everybody. Thank you for joining us. I apologize for the delay; we had some travel issues. Thank you for rushing to get here.
We had two witnesses scheduled this afternoon. We had Kevin Lee, from the Canadian Home Builders' Association. We are attempting to identify his whereabouts, but we do have here, from Efficiency Canada, Corey Diamond, the executive director, and Brendan Haley, the policy director.
Thank you for travelling in. I understand your flight was delayed. We appreciate the effort.
Gentlemen, we are grateful for your being here. This is the first meeting of the first day of our new study on economic opportunities for energy efficiency in Canada, so you're going to set the table for our study. There's no pressure.
You two will be given up to 10 minutes to make your presentation. You can do so in either official language. Anticipate that you'll be asked questions in both official languages.
When you're done your presentation, if Mr. Lee arrives, we'll give him the same opportunity. If he doesn't, we'll go right to questions when you're done, and the questions will come around the table.
On that note, the floor is yours. Take it away.