Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
This is meeting number eight of the Legislative Committee on Bill C-2. The orders of the day, pursuant to the order of reference of Thursday, April 27, 2006, are for Bill C-2, An Act providing for conflict of interest rules, restrictions on elections financing and measures respecting administrative transparency, oversight and accountability.
Our guests today are from the Office of the Ethics Commissioner. We have with us the Ethics Commissioner, Dr. Bernard Shapiro; the deputy commissioner, Robert F. Benson; and the director of corporate affairs, Lyne Robinson-Dalpé.
Good afternoon, Dr. Shapiro. Could you proceed with a few opening remarks. As you know, I'm sure members of the committee will have a few questions for you.