Good afternoon. I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting No. 78 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, and therefore, members can attend in person in the room and remotely using the Zoom application.
I'd like to remind everyone, as I did at the last meeting, that although the room is equipped with a powerful audio system, feedback events can occur. These can be extremely harmful to the interpreters and cause serious injuries. The most common cause of sound feedback is an earpiece worn too close to a microphone. Therefore, we ask that all participants exercise a high degree of caution when handling the earpieces, especially when your microphone or your neighbour's microphone is turned on.
In order to prevent incidents and safeguard the hearing health of our interpreters, I invite participants to ensure that they speak into the microphone into which their headset is plugged and avoid manipulating the earbuds by placing them on the table, away from the microphone, when they are not in use.
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 all members are able to participate fully.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(h) and the motion adopted by the committee on Thursday, April 25, 2023, the committee is studying the appointment of the Hon. Navdeep Bains as chief corporate affairs officer at Rogers Communications.
I would now like to welcome our witnesses for today.
From the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying, we have Nancy Bélanger, Commissioner of Lobbying, with us again, and from the Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, we have Lyne Robinson-Dalpé, director, advisory and compliance.
Ms. Bélanger, the floor is yours for five minutes.