I call the meeting to order.
Welcome, everyone.
This, colleagues, is continuation of our ongoing study of open government.
Today the committee is very pleased to have before us Mr. Paul Macmillan, who's the partner and national industry leader with the accounting and consulting firm of Deloitte. From the University of Ottawa, we have Professor Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair of Internet and e-commerce law. We were actually expecting Mr. Eric Sauve, vice-president from Newsgator Technologies. He's not here yet, but we'll start without him.
What we do, Mr. Macmillan and Professor Geist, is ask for opening comments from you first.
We will start with you, Mr. Macmillan. The floor is yours. You have up to 10 minutes. We look forward to your comments.