Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I think we'll start.
This is the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, meeting 54, Thursday, June 14, 2007, pursuant to Standing Orders 110 and 111, the certificate of nomination of Mary Elizabeth Dawson to the position of Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, referred to the committee on Tuesday, June 12, 2007.
Before I introduce our witness, I'd like to make it clear, of course, that the committee decided that we would normally not meet today because of not having witnesses on other topics that are before us. I'd just assume, notwithstanding the decision of the committee of Tuesday, June 12, that there's an all-party agreement to proceed today with the examination of the certificate of nomination of Ms. Dawson as Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner.
I assume I have all-party consent on that. I hear no opposition, so we will proceed. The committee will again meet on Tuesday, June 19, as agreed, but this is a special meeting.
Good morning, Ms. Dawson. We have your notes and we have your curriculum vitae. As I trust has been explained to you, if you could say a few words about what you think of all this, then the process will be that each caucus will ask some questions—they may or may not ask you questions—in rounds.
I welcome you to the committee. Thank you for coming and making your presentation to us.