I call the meeting to order. This is meeting number 11 of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics. Our orders of the day are on our agreed upon project: proactive disclosure.
Before moving forward on that, colleagues, since I'm not sure whether members will be able to stay the full time, I want to advise you of the arrangements for witnesses for next week so that you can properly prepare.
On Tuesday we are having Minister Finley before the committee. She will be with us from 11 o'clock for at least an hour. We'll see how that goes.
For Thursday, we had asked for Sébastien Togneri. He has advised us that there is a conflict with another jurisdiction, and he has indicated that he will not be appearing before us as requested, because another matter is going on related to what we're doing. We may want to reconsider that, if necessary, but at this point Mr. Togneri will not be with us. We have a letter from the lawyer, who has given us reasons for which it would not be appropriate for him to appear. So I'm going to accept that at this point, unless the committee would like to discuss it further.
However, next Thursday we do have Patricia Valladao, who is the chief of media relations for HRSDC. She has requested that Mr. Peter Larose, who is the assistant deputy minister of the public affairs and stakeholder relations branch, also appear. She has suggested that the two of them appearing would ensure that all of the concerns of the committee would be better represented.