Order, please.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), we're going to do a briefing on the policy regarding absentee and extraterritorial voting in Canada.
This is meeting number five. I want to welcome the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade today.
Thank you very much for taking the time to be with us, once again on short notice. It's unfortunate that there are never weeks and weeks of notice. You're always very accommodating. We appreciate that.
We have a number of individuals here from the department. I know that Madame Dubé is going to speak. She is the director general at the geographic strategy and services bureau.
Madame Dubé, maybe you can introduce your colleagues. Then, of course, you have opening statements--I'm assuming you guys know how this works--and we'll then have a chance to ask some questions. We have about 40 minutes left.
Once again, we apologize for being a little bit delayed, but our original delegation was a little late, so the domino effect does ensue. That's where we're at.
Welcome, Madame Dubé. We'll turn the meeting over to you.