Good afternoon, everyone. I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 12 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Natural Resources. Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the committee is continuing its study of a greenhouse gas emissions cap for the oil and gas sector. Today is our seventh of nine meetings with witnesses for this study.
Please note that today we'll be meeting in public to hear from our witnesses until 4:30 p.m. Then we will be going in camera from 4:30 to 5:30 to consider the draft report on the emissions reduction fund onshore program.
Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the House order of November 25, 2021. Members are attending in person in the room or remotely using the Zoom application. Please note the webcast will always show the person speaking rather than the entire committee.
I'd like to take this opportunity to remind all participants that screenshots or taking photos of your screen is not permitted now that we are in session. Today's proceedings will be televised and made available via the House of Commons website.
As we get started, I'd like to welcome to the table Mr. Patzer, Mr. Kitchen, Mr. Morrice and Mr. Anandasangaree. Welcome to the committee today.
As a quick reminder on health and safety, when people are in the room, members can have their masks off at the table. If you're moving around, we ask you to put them on. Everybody else in the room, we ask you to remain masked unless you're taking a drink of water or having something to eat, and then to remask.
For our witnesses who are joining us today and members virtually, we have a few quick rules to help with the orderliness of the meeting.
Interpretation services are available for the meeting. You have the choice at the bottom of your screen of floor, English or French, with floor being real-time and then English giving you English translation or French for French translation. Members and witnesses may speak in the official language of their choice. We ask any of our witnesses who may be new to the committee, or as a refresher for those who are coming back, just to speak in a regular conversational tone. It gives the interpreters a chance to keep up. Particularly when they're working remotely, it can be very challenging. There's no need to rush things. If you do speak too fast, we'll have to slow you down or stop you so that they can do their jobs properly.
For members in the room, just raise your hand if you want to speak. For anybody online, you'll have to raise your hand, unmute your mike and then mute your mike when you're done. I will recognize people by name. When anyone is not speaking, their microphone should be muted.
As a reminder, all comments by members and witnesses should be addressed through the chair, just to help with the orderliness.
I will also mention that we do have a fairly tight session today, so for witnesses who are joining us, when it comes time for the question-and-answer period, the members generally get to direct their own time. If you have something to say, you can raise your hand, but if they have a line of questioning they want to pursue with a certain witness, they may not get to you. As I said, it's up to the members to choose where they're taking the conversation.
We also use a quick visual card system. When I give the yellow card, it means there are 30 seconds left. When the red card is up, the allocated time for that round is up. Don't stop mid-sentence, but wind up your thoughts so we can move to the next speaker.
Today for our study of a greenhouse gas emissions cap for the oil and gas sector, we have several witnesses. We have, as an individual, Kevin Anderson, professor of energy and climate change, University of Manchester, and Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. From the International Renewable Energy Agency we have Francesco La Camera, director general. From the International Transport Forum we have Olaf Merk, administrator, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. From the TD Bank Group we have Francis Fong, managing director.
With those introductions, we will jump right into it. Each witness will have five minutes for an opening statement. Again, I'll give a cue card for 30 seconds and red for when your time is up. Then we'll move to the next person.
Mr. Anderson, if you're ready, we'll turn the floor over to you for your opening statement. You have five minutes.