Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. This is the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics.
The orders of the day are that pursuant to Standing Order 81(4), we consider main estimates 2006-07, vote 40, Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada, under Justice, referred to the committee on Tuesday, April 25, 2006.
We have before us today the officers of the Information Commissioner of Canada: the deputy information commissioner, Mr. Leadbeater; the director general of investigations and reviews, Monsieur Dupuis; the director general of corporate services, Ms. McEwan; and the director of financial services, Mr. Campbell. Good afternoon to you all.
Members should have all the documentation before us in both official languages.
Mr. Leadbeater, you've appeared many times before this committee. As you know, we normally allow up to ten minutes for a presentation and then each caucus will have up to seven minutes for questions and answers.
You may commence. Thank you.