Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. We'll convene our meeting.
Welcome to the 18th meeting of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics.
Today we continue our study on the growing problem of identity theft and its economic impact.
We're pleased to welcome, as witnesses and presenters today, representatives from the Canadian Human Rights Commission, Mr. Philippe Dufresne, director general and senior general counsel; and from the Canada Revenue Agency, Ms. Susan Gardner-Barclay, the assistant commissioner and chief privacy officer, who is accompanied by Helen Brown, director general for security and internal affairs directorate.
We will begin with opening remarks from both of the parties. We'll begin with Mr. Dufresne, from the Canadian Human Rights Commission.
Usually, we invite you to make a presentation of approximately 10 minutes and then we open it to questioning from the floor.
Welcome, Mr. Dufresne. You have the floor.