Welcome to meeting 29 of the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, the committee is resuming its study on the loan from the Canada Infrastructure Bank to the Mersey River wind project.
Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format pursuant to the Standing Orders. I'd like to make a few comments for the benefit of our witnesses and our members. First, please wait until I recognize you by name before speaking. For those participating by video conference, click on the microphone icon to activate your mic, and please mute yourself when you are not speaking. For those on Zoom, at the bottom of your screen, you can select the appropriate channel for interpretation: floor audio, English or French. For those in the room, you can use the earpiece and select the desired channel.
I remind you that all comments should be addressed through the chair. For members in the room, if you wish to speak, please raise your hand. For members on Zoom, please use the raise hand function. The clerk and I will manage the speaking order as best we can, and we appreciate your patience and understanding in this regard.
Colleagues, I'd now like to welcome our witnesses for the first panel today. We have appearing before us the Honourable Gregor Robertson, Minister of Housing and Infrastructure.
Welcome to you, Minister.
From the Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities we have Paul Halucha, deputy minister.
Welcome to you, sir.
We're going to jump right into it, Minister. I'm going to turn the floor over to you for your five-minute opening remarks.