I'm calling to order the 113th meeting of the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities in this 42nd Parliament, first session. Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), we are continuing our study of the Canadian transportation and logistics strategy.
We have as guests today a group of 27 graduate students from the Clayton H. Riddell graduate program in political management at Carleton University. They are joining us for our two-hour meeting. Welcome to all of you. I wish you lots of success in your program.
To all of our committee members, welcome back. I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I know you're all happy to be back because everyone was early this morning.
We'll start off with our witnesses for the first portion of the program. From the Montreal Port Authority we have Sophie Roux, vice-president of public affairs, and Tony Boemi, vice-president of growth and development.
From the Mining Association of Canada we have Brendan Marshall, vice-president of economic and northern affairs.
Please keep your comments to five minutes so that the committee members have sufficient time for their questions.