This is the 33rd meeting of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics. Our orders of the day are pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), the annual report of the Commissioner of Lobbying for the fiscal year that ended March 31, 2009, referred to our committee on Wednesday, July 22, 2009. Our witness today, from the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying, is Ms. Karen Shepherd, Commissioner of Lobbying, and she has a couple of colleagues with her.
Welcome, Commissioner. It's good to see you again. As you know, we have some new members on our committee, and we thought it was important to have the commissioners with whom this committee has a relationship come before us and update us on their affairs, as well as to have an exchange with the members so they can learn more about your office and its operations.
I welcome you. I understand you have some opening remarks. I would appreciate it if you would introduce the colleagues you have brought with you today. Thank you.