Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the eleventh meeting of the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, with our orders of the day pursuant to the order of reference of Wednesday, February 25, 2009, Bill C-3, An Act to amend the Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act.
Joining us today in the first hour from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans are: René Grenier, Jaime Caceres, Michel Desparois, and Larry Trigatti. From the Department of National Defence, we have Casper Donovan. From the Department of the Environment, we have Robert Allin, Michael Wilson, and Linda Porebski.
Welcome. I hope you've been advised that you have roughly five minutes to make a brief presentation. Then the members will have questions for you. I don't know if anybody wants to take the lead.
Perhaps I'll start with Mr. Donovan. Do you have any opening comments?