Order, please.
We're resuming our hearings on the motion adopted by the committee, which reads:
That the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics investigate the actions of the Conservative Party of Canada during the 2006 election, in relation to which Elections Canada has refused to reimburse Conservative candidates for certain election campaign expenses in order to determine if these actions meet the ethical standards expected of public office-holders.
We had this afternoon scheduled, as you had on the notice, colleagues, three witnesses in this panel. I can indicate to you that Mr. Martelli is here with us. He is the candidate for the riding of Bourassa. We also were to have the candidate for Vancouver East, Elizabeth Pagtakhan, and her official agent, Denny Pagtakhan. I was advised earlier this morning that Ms. Pagtakhan, the candidate, was interfered with by her husband not permitting her to be served with the summons and that Mr. Denny Pagtakhan, the official agent, did not make himself available. The bailiff just could not locate him at his home the number of times he attempted to personally serve the subpoena. So neither of them are here. I have just been informed subsequently by the clerk that Ms. Pagtakhan did in fact ultimately get served with a summons but declined to appear.
So we do have one witness here, Mr. Martelli, and we're going to have Mr. Martelli sworn in. We will take questions from the members.