Good afternoon, everyone.
I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 17 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(h), the motion adopted by the committee on Wednesday, September 17, and the order of reference of October 28, the committee is resuming its study of the Conflict of Interest Act.
I would like to welcome our witness for today.
From the office of the Prime Minister, we have Marc-André Blanchard, chief of staff to the Prime Minister.
Mr. Blanchard, I understand that you would like up to eight minutes to address the committee, so I'm going to give you that.
Go ahead, sir. Please start.