I'd like to call the meeting to order, please.
You'll notice from the agenda that we have with us the Office of the Ethics Commissioner, and I'll introduce the specific people who are here in a moment.
I'm just reminding committee members that we also have on the agenda, depending on whether we finish with the Ethics Commissioner by 5:30, continued consideration of our draft report on another subject, and Mr. Martin has just spoken to me and has asked for some time—brief, he advises—with respect to the motion he had brought forward and had indicated at the last meeting that he wouldn't deal with at the last meeting. He has asked for about five minutes today. So we have a fairly busy agenda. That's why I'd like to get started.
Pursuant to Standing Order 81(4), we're dealing with the main estimates of 2006-2007, specifically vote 15, Office of the Ethics Commissioner, referred to the committee on Tuesday, April 25, 2006.
We have with us the Ethics Commissioner, Mr. Bernard Shapiro. Welcome, sir. I'll let you introduce your staff. I understand that you have an opening statement, and I invite you to make it.