I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting No. 38 of the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on Thursday, February 3, 2022, the committee is meeting to study the impact of commercial shipping on shoreline erosion.
Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the House order of November 25, 2021. Members are attending in person in the room and remotely using the Zoom application.
Members of the committee, I'm going to introduce the witnesses we are receiving today.
First of all, we have Roy Grégoire, a resident of Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola, who is appearing as an individual.
We also have representatives of the Comité pour la protection des berges du Saint-Laurent: Micheline Lagarde, chair, and Carine Durocher, vice-chair.
Then from the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, we have Maud Allaire, mayor of the City of Contrecœur and member of the initiative, and Phillipe Murphy‑Rhéaume, director of Canadian policy.
We also have with us Jean‑Luc Barthe, mayor of the Municipality of Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola.