Good afternoon, everyone. I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting No. 47 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics.
Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the House order of June 23, 2022. Therefore, members can attend in person in the room or remotely by using the Zoom application.
Should any technical challenges arise, please advise me. Please note that we may need to suspend for a few minutes, as we need to ensure that all members are able to fully participate.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108 (3)(h) and the motion adopted by the committee on Monday, May 16, 2022, the committee is resuming its study of the access to information and privacy system.
In accordance with the committee's routine motion concerning connection tests for witnesses, I am informing the committee that all witnesses have completed the required connection tests in advance of the meeting.
I would now like to welcome our witnesses today. As an individual, we have Mr. Michael Wernick, the Jarislowsky chair in public sector management at the University of Ottawa. From the Glacier Media Group, we have Mr. Kirk LaPointe, vice-president, editorial, and publisher and editor-in-chief of Business in Vancouver.
I would now like to welcome Mr. Simard, of the Bloc québécois, and Mr. Julian, of the NDP.
Mr. Wernick, you have five minutes, sir. The floor is yours. You'll be followed by Mr. LaPointe.