Tom Wappel at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

I call the meeting to order.

Today we are considering, pursuant to Standing Orders 110 and 111, the certificate of nomination of Robert Marleau to the position of Information Commissioner, which was referred to our committee on December 5, 2006.

I want to remind committee members that there is an elaborate procedure set out in the rules for us to examine nominees for officers of Parliament, and that's why Mr. Marleau is before us.

I want to welcome Mr. Marleau, who was the Clerk of the House of Commons when I was first elected back in November of 1988, and he's the gentleman who swore me in as a member of Parliament.