The Standing Committee on Natural Resources met at 3:30 p.m. this day, in Room 268, La Promenade Building, the Chair, Leon Benoit, presiding.
Members of the Committee present: Mike Allen, David Anderson, Leon Benoit, Blaine Calkins, Anne-Marie Day, Richard M. Harris, François Lapointe, Wladyslaw Lizon, David J. McGuinty, Kennedy Stewart and Brad Trost.
Acting Members present: Peter Stoffer for Claude Gravelle.
In attendance: Library of Parliament: Jean-Luc Bourdages, Analyst; Mohamed Zakzouk, Analyst.
Witnesses: Department of Natural Resources: Brian Gray, Assistant Deputy Minister, Earth Sciences Sector; Donna Kirkwood, Acting Director General, Geological Survey of Canada, Central and Northern Canada; John Percival, Program Manager, Geomapping for Energy; Linda Richard, Coordinator, Geomapping for Energy and Minerals.
Brian Gray made a statement and, with the other witnesses, answered questions.
At 4:17 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Andrew LauzonClerk of the Committee