Order.
This is meeting 39 of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics. Our order of the day is pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the study of the Treasury Board directive on recordkeeping.
This morning our witnesses from the Treasury Board Secretariat are Peter Bruce, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Chief Information Officer Branch; and from Library and Archives Canada, Douglas Rimmer, Assistant Deputy Minister, Documentary Heritage Collection Sector.
Good morning, gentlemen. It's a pleasure to have you come before us. It's the first time for both of us, and I know that because this is a relatively new area, the members are very anxious to get a primer on your area of work and the importance to the work we do and how we can work collaboratively as we move forward.
Welcome.
Do both of you have opening remarks? You do. Who would like to go first?
Please proceed, Mr. Bruce.