Yes, Mr. McLean. Thank you for that. I'm more than happy to proceed in that fashion. I just didn't want you or any of your colleagues to think I had decided not to deal with the issue as I had committed to doing on Friday. Thank you for proposing that.
Assuming there are no objections from any of the members, we can jump into the meeting. I see none. I see thumbs-up and heads nodding. That's good.
To our witnesses, welcome and thank you. This is our second meeting on a very important study dealing with critical minerals and supply chains in Canada, and we are very grateful for your taking the time to be here today.
In terms of some of the rules of the road, we are conducting this meeting by Zoom, which unfortunately carries with it some challenges. What I ask is for people to wait until others have finished speaking before taking their turn to speak, so that the interpreters and members can clearly understand everything that's being said.
The process will be that each group will be given up to five minutes to make an oral presentation, following which the floor will be open to questions from the members. You are welcome and encouraged to speak in either official language. You have headsets provided for you. On your screen, you should see a little symbol at the bottom that provides for translation. If you are having any troubles in that regard, please speak up and let me know and we will take steps to rectify it.
As I said, you have five minutes each. I welcome all our witnesses.
We have Avalon Advanced Materials Inc., the Battery Metals Association of Canada, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, Eagle Graphite Corporation and the Yukon Chamber of Mines.
Madam Clerk, do we have everybody present now?