I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to the 23rd meeting of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics.
Pursuant to Standing Order 81(4), the committee is considering, from the main estimates 2022-23, vote 1 under the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying, vote 1 under the Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, vote 1 under the Office of the Senate Ethics Officer, and votes 1 and 5 under the Offices of the Information and Privacy Commissioners of Canada, referred to the committee on Tuesday, March 1, 2022.
Before I welcome our witness, I'll say a couple of words.
My apologies to Commissioner Bélanger for getting this meeting going a bit late. A colleague announced his intention to resign from the House of Commons and was making a statement in the House, and I wanted to give members an opportunity to be present for that. That's why we're starting late.
We do have some committee business that we need to attend to at the end of the meeting. We had scheduled half an hour, but I don't think we need that long. I'm going to play it by ear a bit and see how we make out with questions for Commissioner Bélanger. We'll see how many rounds we need to have to get out all the questions that members may have, and then we will proceed in camera to discuss committee business.
With that, I would now like to welcome our witness. From the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying, we have Nancy Bélanger, Commissioner of Lobbying.
Ms. Bélanger, you have up to five minutes for your opening statement.