Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to call the meeting to order.
Pursuant to the order of reference of Tuesday, April 25, 2006, and section 29 of PIPEDA, we're involved in a statutory review of part 1 of the act.
Today we have, from the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of British Columbia, Mr. Loukidelis, the commissioner himself; and as an individual, Valerie Steeves, from the Department of Criminology, University of Ottawa.
Welcome to you both. I'm guessing that you'll each have an opening statement. I think what we'd like to do is have you both give your opening statements, and then we'll go to questions.
Ladies first? Valerie Steeves, please.