Thank you.
We have with us today representatives from the Law Clerk's office. We have the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel, R.R. Walsh, and the Deputy Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel, Richard Denis.
Gentlemen, we have the document that's been prepared by you. There was a motion that you come to the committee so that members of the committee could ask you some questions. You spoke to me before the meeting and indicated that if there were any comments, you would like to get right into questions, and perhaps there might be a concluding statement at the end.
So we will do that, Mr. Walsh.
Madam Clerk, I need your assistance. Do we have the seven-minute rule here? Yes, we do.
Mr. Owen, go ahead, please.