Welcome to our witnesses today. This is the first day of our study on the review of national protocol procedures.
For the first hour we have witnesses from the Department of Canadian Heritage. For the second hour we will have witnesses from the House of Commons and the Parliament of Canada.
With us today from the Department of Canadian Heritage are Nicole Bourget, Denis Racine, and Joel Girouard. Welcome to all of you.
Nicole, I understand you're going to begin. We usually have 10 minutes for your opening comments, and then we have questions and answers from our committee members. The floor is yours.