We are resuming the meeting.
The agenda shows that the second part of the meeting is set aside for committee business. Committee members have a choice: we can continue to meet publicly or we can meet in camera. If the members want to continue the meeting in camera, I will have to suspend the meeting for two or three minutes. As I said, in the second part of the meeting, we will essentially be discussing upcoming committee business.
First, I would like to make a few announcements.
On Thursday, we will hear from four witnesses; two people will be testifying during the first hour of the meeting, and two others will be testifying during the second hour.
The next week, we will be hearing from more witnesses; their names are on the witness list. As well, I would note that the list will be updated so we are able to hear testimony from a sufficient number of witnesses during our study.
First I have Mr. Richards, who would like to intervene.