Ladies and gentlemen, good morning and welcome to this meeting of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics.
Today, we are happy to welcome Stefanie Beck, Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Services, Department of Citizenship and Immigration, as well as Michael Olsen, Director General, Corporate Services Sector, Department of Citizenship and Immigration.
We are also hearing from two representatives of the Department of National Defence: Larry Surtees, Corporate Secretary; and Kimberly Empey, Director, Access to Information and Privacy Directorate.
Thank you very much for joining us today to tell us about the Access to information Act and answer our questions.
Without further ado, we will start things off with the representatives of the Department of Citizenship and Immigration for 10 minutes. Afterwards, we will hear from the representatives of the Department of National Defence for another 10 minutes. Following that, we will have a question period with the committee members.
Go ahead, Ms. Beck.