Good afternoon, colleagues.
Our order of the day is Privacy Act reform.
Today we have as our witnesses, from the Treasury Board Secretariat, Mr. Ken Cochrane, who is the chief information officer, and Mr. Donald Lemieux, who is executive director for information, privacy, and security policy.
I understand Mr. Cochrane has an opening statement, of which you have a copy.
The members have asked me about whether or not the Treasury Board representatives had received a copy of the document with regard to the recommendations for consideration with regard to Privacy Act amendments. They are aware of them, but we have to be a little bit careful in our expectations because of the role and responsibilities of Treasury Board in this regard. I think Mr. Cochrane is going to address that.
Mr. Cochrane and Mr. Lemieux, welcome, and please begin.