I call the meeting to order.
Ladies and gentlemen, I would remind members that this meeting is in public today. The purpose of the meeting is to continue the committee's review of the Canada Elections Act.
I should probably let the witnesses who are here today know briefly what the committee has been doing so far. There have been a number of reports in the past that have made recommendations on how to improve the Canada Elections Act. We have had Mr. Kingsley as a witness as well. The committee has taken a considerable amount of time reviewing almost every recommendation we've read, and now we have invited all the parties in Canada to submit reports. Indeed, the four main parties have been asked to appear before the committee as witnesses.
If representatives from each of the four parties want to take their seats at the back, that would be very helpful. We will try to focus our comments today on how to decrease the fraud and decrease the mistakes within the electoral process in Canada, as well as improve the accuracy of the elections lists.
First, I would like to thank each and every one of you for coming today. I know that sometimes we don't get the opportunity for a whole bunch of notice, but we do know that you guys and gals have been very diligent in getting your ideas together. Indeed, some of these ideas, I understand, have been coming along for years.
The first thing I would like to do is take a minute or two for you to introduce yourselves. Once we've had the chance for all the committee to be introduced to you, we will start the process.