I call to order meeting number 13 of the Standing Committee on Natural Resources.
I'll start by saying I appreciate Mr. Lloyd's enthusiasm. I can assure you that it's shared amongst all members of this committee regardless of what province we're from.
To our witnesses, thank you for coming. I'm going to do some formal introductions of you and the process in a moment, but if you don't mind bearing with me and the committee for a few minutes, we have some outstanding matters from our last meeting that I would like to deal with.
Members, I'm referring to Mr. McLean's motion and Mr. Simard's proposed amendment, and Mr. Lloyd's objection to the amendment.
On Friday, as everybody will recall, we postponed this issue to be dealt with this morning because we didn't have the documents in front of us and there were some issues with respect to translation. By now, everybody should have received a copy of Mr. Simard's proposed amendment in both official languages. Hopefully, you have that in front of you.
I've had a look at it. I've had a further look at Mr. McLean's motion. I've given consideration to Mr. Lloyd's objection. I've had a look at rules of procedure.
Mr. Lloyd, I'm going to rule that the proposed amendment is acceptable and appropriate.
That being the case, barring any objection to that, what I propose to do is continue our debate on the amendment. Then, once we have disposed of the amendment by way of vote, we can continue our debate and discussion on Mr. McLean's motion either as amended or as it currently stands. That's my plan.
Mr. Lloyd, I see you have your hand up, as does Mr. McLean.