I'm going to call this meeting to order.
Welcome, everyone, to meeting number 70 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 and remotely using the Zoom application. Should any technical challenges arise, please advise me.
I see we have Mr. Bains on Zoom today. 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 Wednesday, December 7, 2022, the committee has resumed its study of foreign interference and threats to the integrity of democratic institutions, intellectual property and the Canadian state.
I would like to welcome our witness today. From the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation, we have Mr. Edward Johnson, chair of the board of the foundation.
We will be having votes in about 50 minutes. Can I have the committee's consent to get through Mr. Johnson's five-minute comments and then perhaps the first round? That will put us at 39 minutes, which will give us plenty of time to get upstairs.
Are we good with that, Mr. Fergus?