Thank you.
Good morning to our witnesses.
We have Mr. Dirom, from the Association for Mineral Exploration, British Columbia. We also have two witnesses from Thunder Bay, Mr. Angus and Mr. Mason.
I should acknowledge that there's a particular Thunder Bay bent to this meeting today, because it's not just the two of you, we also have Mr. Rusnak, who is the member of Parliament for Thunder Bay–Rainy River, and I was born and partially raised in Thunder Bay, before I moved to Toronto. Of course, we have Mr. Serré, from northern Ontario, so there's a definite northern Ontario bent to this meeting today. I welcome all of you, and thank you for attending.
In terms of process, I'm going to open the floor to the three of you to speak for up to 10 minutes each, and then it'll be turned over to the committee members for questions. You're welcome to deliver your remarks or answer questions in either official language.
Again, thank you for attending, and I will now open the floor to the three of you. I'm not sure that we have a speaking order, but Mr. Dirom, perhaps you can start us off.