Good afternoon, colleagues. We are here for the 29th meeting of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics.
Today, pursuant to Standing Order 81(4), we are dealing with main estimates 2008-09, vote 45 under Justice, referred to the committee on Thursday, February 28, 2008.
Today we have as our witness from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Ms. Jennifer Stoddart. We welcome you. Today we have two sessions. One deals first with your estimates, and then once we have completed discharging those responsibilities, we want to speak with you more generally about the Privacy Act.
Without further ado, I invite you to introduce your colleagues who accompany you today. I understand you also have an opening statement, so I'd ask you to please begin.