I will work with the clerk to figure out how we can streamline the start of it. I will go through the pieces that are relevant to the witnesses, if that's okay, because that will be new information for them.
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Today's proceedings will be televised and made available via the House of Commons website.
Interpretation services are available for this meeting. You have the choice at the bottom of your screen of either the floor, English or French. Members and witnesses may speak in the official language of their choice.
For the witnesses who are joining us, I will ask you to speak in a normal fashion. We had a bit of an issue earlier today in that we had the MPs and the witnesses talking over each other, which makes it impossible for the interpreters to do their job, so we ask that only one person speak at a time. Also, to allow the interpreters to do their job, don't speak too quickly either. When you're not speaking, your mike should be on mute.
With that, if everybody's okay with it, we will move into the hearing.
I would like to welcome our panel of witnesses today. We have from the Canadian Association of Energy Contractors, Mark Scholz, president and chief executive officer; from the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, Tim McMillan, president and chief executive officer; from Climate Action Network Canada, Caroline Brouillette, national policy manager; from the Explorers and Producers Association of Canada, Tristan Goodman, president and chief executive officer; and from Shell Canada, Susannah Pierce, president and country chair.
Welcome to each of our panellists.
We're going to give you each five minutes for opening statements. I use a card system, so watch for the yellow card, which indicates that 30 seconds is left. When we get to the red card, your time is up. I'm trying to adopt a new system that Ms. Goodridge has given me, but I'm not quite there for today, so we will go with the cards for one more meeting, and then we will see how it goes with a new system for timekeeping.
With that as an introduction, I'm going to go to Mr. Scholz for his opening comments.
If you're ready, you're good to go. I will give you five minutes.