I am now calling the meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 117 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics.
Today the committee is considering the Main Estimates 2024-25 for the first hour; then will resume its study of the impact of disinformation and misinformation on the work of parliamentarians for the second hour; and finally, we will end with some time in camera to discuss a few items of business.
Before we begin, I would like to remind all members and other meeting participants in the room of the following important preventative measures:
I'm not going to go through them. I think we're all aware of them.
Mr. Dufresne, just make sure, if you're not using the earpiece, to put it in the proper place, as indicated on the table. We certainly would not want to cause any harm to our interpreters. Of course, the room has been adjusted for that as well.
Pursuant to Standing Order 81(4), the committee is resuming consideration of the main estimates 2024-25. We'll be dealing with votes, after we're done, under the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying, the Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, the Office of the Senate Ethics Officer and the Offices of the Information and Privacy Commissioners of Canada, which were referred to the committee on Thursday, February 29.
I'm going to welcome, for our first hour, someone who is no stranger to this committee, Mr. Philippe Dufresne, who is the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, and Mr. Richard Roulx, deputy commissioner of the corporate management sector.
Commissioner, you have up to five minutes to address the committee. Please start now. Thank you.