Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today's meeting.
This is meeting 14 of the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities. I apologize for starting a few minutes late.
We've set aside the first 15 minutes to do some committee business, and I have a little bit of a list here. We'll maybe go through it, and then if there are other comments, we can add to it.
The subcommittee met and made a proposal that we actually do the study on navigable waters. But as a collective group, we needed to bring that back to the committee as a whole for approval. I put that out there as the first thing we have to do. So I would ask the committee as a whole if there are any comments on the subcommittee's report.
It was agreed that officials from Transport Canada would appear today with respect to navigable waters, and it was also agreed that we would invite the Minister of Transport to appear before the committee with respect to supplementary estimates B. I can give the committee an update on that. The minister is, at this point, unavailable to attend, but I can advise the committee that the main estimates of the government are to be tabled no later than March 1, which would be today or tomorrow. And then the committee will have until May 31 to study them. I would hope that the minister would make himself available to appear before the committee to discuss the main estimates.
Are there any comments?
Go ahead, Mr. Jean.