Good morning. I'll just let people take their seats, and we'll get going.
While people are taking their seats, I just want to let the committee know that at the committee's request, the clerk managed to juggle the witnesses for Thursday, October 20. Now we will only have two witnesses on October 20. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation will appear in the second hour on October 18. We'll have two one-hour panels on Tuesday, October 18. I just wanted to let you know that this was done.
For my information but also to refresh the committee and other members who were not at the committee when this motion was put forward, I just want to remind the committee that the motion you adopted was that the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics call witnesses to hear testimony regarding the access to information dispute and the resulting court actions concerning the CBC. I would ask the members to focus their remarks and their questions on the access to information aspect of CBC. I will ask you to confine your remarks that way.
Just for the witnesses' information, I will explain a little bit about the proceedings. You will have up to ten minutes to present your briefs. Then we will go to committee members for questions to the witnesses. The first round of questions will be seven minutes. We'll be alternating. That seven minutes includes the member's questions to you and your responses. I apologize, but I will cut people off once that seven minutes is up.
Mr. Bernstein, are you going first?