Good morning, everyone. I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 45 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Natural Resources. The committee is meeting today to hear from the Minister of Natural Resources and officials.
Pursuant to Standing Order 81(5), we are considering supplementary estimates (B), 2022-23, including vote 1b under Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, vote 1b under the Canadian Energy Regulator, vote 1b under the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission and votes 1b, 5b and 10b under the Department of Natural Resources.
Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format. Now that we've started, screenshots and photos are not permitted.
For those joining online, when we get to officials and the minister, you'll need to unmute your mike when speaking. When you're not speaking, please mute it. If you want to raise your hand, please use the “raise hand” function. Interpretation is available, with floor, French or English as your choices. Finally, please address your comments through the chair.
Those are the formalities we needed to get through.
Just so that everybody knows, we have officials either in the room or online. Only one official has not yet done the technology check. We'll be keeping an eye open for when they join. We'll get to that when we switch out after the minister.
For the first hour, we have with us the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources.
Good morning, Minister. We'll give you the floor for a five-minute opening statement.
As always, I'll use my handy flash card system. Yellow means you have 30 seconds left. Red means your time is up, but don't stop mid-sentence.
When you're ready, Minister, I'll turn it over to you. I'll start the clock for your five-minute opening statement.