Welcome back.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(i) and the motion adopted by the committee on Monday, September 18, 2023, the committee resumes its study of integration of indigenous traditional knowledge and science in government policy development.
It's now my pleasure to welcome, from the Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs, Georgina Lloyd, who is the assistant deputy minister of northern affairs; Rebecca Chouinard, director of natural resources and environment; and Sarah Kalhok Bourque, director of Arctic science policy integration.
From the Department of the Environment, we have Marc D'Iorio, assistant deputy minister of science and technology branch; Patrice Simon, director general of wildlife and landscape science; Myrle Ballard, chief indigenous science adviser; and Paul MacDonald, director of the indigenous science division.
Each department will be given five minutes for your statements, and then we'll go to our rounds of questioning.
We'll start with Georgina Lloyd, assistant deputy minister of northern affairs.