Good morning, colleagues. I'd like to welcome you all back to this meeting. This is meeting number 12, pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)h)(i). This is another meeting on the study of the Access to Information Act.
We are very privileged today to have with us for the full two hours the honourable Scott Brison, President of the Treasury Board. Accompanying him is Ms. Jennifer Dawson, who is the deputy chief information officer. We will have an opening set of comments from the minister.
Minister, we have the full two hours. Usually, we keep it to around 10 minutes, but if you need a little more time I think that's more than fine. We will then go around the room and go through questions until everybody is satisfied. We thank you very much for making yourself available for this very important study.
Mr. Minister, welcome. We'll start with your opening comments.