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44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 8, 2024
The Chair (Mr. John Aldag (Cloverdale—Langley City, Lib.))
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Good afternoon, everyone. I call this meeting to order. Welcome to meeting number 107 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs. We recognize that we meet on the unceded and traditional territory of the Algonquin and Anishinabe peoples. Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, the committee is meeting to study nutrition north Canada. Now that we're in session, I'd like to remind everybody, both in the room and online, that photos are not allowed from this point until we adjourn. We have a couple of points related to avoiding audio feedback that I'll take us through as well. We're trying to create a safe workplace for our staff, particularly our interpreters, so we have a new system in place. There are headsets here. You'll have to plug them in. When you're not using your headset, we ask that you place your earpiece down on the dot, the circle, that has been put on the table. You can select floor—which is the language being spoken—English or French. English is channel one; French is channel two. There are audio controls there. You don't have to touch the buttons; we have a team that will turn your microphones on and off. The big thing is making sure that when the red light is on, an earpiece does not go anywhere near the microphone. That's what can cause the audio feedback, so we just ask everybody to be very aware of that. That's the introduction. We have some witnesses for our first hour. I'd like to thank all of you for making yourselves available to be here with us. The representatives we have include, from Calm Air International, Gary Bell, president and chief executive officer; from Canadian North, Shelly De Caria, president and chief executive officer; from Kimik Co-operative Ltd., Jean-Pierre Goulet, general manager; and from The North West Company, Dan McConnell, chief executive officer. I understand that everybody will have five minutes for their opening statement. I use a handy card system here, so when there are 30 seconds left, I'll give you the yellow card. When the time's up, I'll give you the red card. Don't stop mid-sentence, but finish up your thoughts. The same thing goes when we get into the rounds of questions. Some of the members like to push the clock, so I'll be giving the cards to them as well. They tend to look towards the witnesses. If the witnesses are mid-sentence, they can just wind up their thoughts, and then we'll move on to the next round of questions. I don't know if anybody wants to go first. I have the order listed as Calm Air, Canadian North, Kimik Co-operative, and The North West Company, so if you're good with that order, then we'll go to Mr. Bell first. When you're ready, the floor is yours for your five-minute opening statement.
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