I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 39 of the House of Commons 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, appearing before us today we have, from the Essex Region Conservation Authority, Mr. James Bryant, director of watershed management services.
We also have with us Mr. André Villeneuve, mayor of the municipalité de Lanoraie.
From the St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences, we have Mr. Jeff Ridal, executive director.
Finally, appearing here in person, we have Mr. Colin Rennie, professor at the University of Ottawa.
Before we begin, I would like to take this opportunity to inform members that all of today's video conference witness participants have completed the necessary audiovisual checks. I'm just going to take a quick moment to look at each of our individual translators to get a thumbs-up to make sure everything is good to go.
Perfect.
We will now begin the opening remarks with Mr. Bryant. Unfortunately, Mr. Jacques Grenier couldn't be here.
Mr. Bryant, the floor is yours. You have five minutes.