I call the meeting to order.
This is meeting number 8 of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics. Our orders of the day are pursuant to Standing Order 81(4). We will be dealing with the main estimates for 2010-11, specifically vote 40 under Treasury Board, which was referred to the committee on Wednesday, March 3, 2010.
Our witnesses today are the Commissioner of Lobbying, Ms. Karen E. Shepherd, Deputy Commissioner René Leblanc, and Bruce Bergen, senior counsel. Welcome to all of you.
We're dealing with your estimates.
Commissioner, it's good to see you again. We have some new members and I know they're going to want to have an opportunity to introduce themselves to you, probably at the end of the meeting as well.
Let's move on.
I understand you have an opening comment. I'd ask you to proceed now.