I'd like to call to order the 27th meeting of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs. Today we're again reviewing the Referendum Act.
We have a small amount of in camera committee business at the end of this meeting, so we will excuse our witness before our allotted time is up, but let's give him his due and let him answer a lot of questions.
Thank you, Dr. Boyer, for all the help you've given so far. In my spare time I've been trying to read your books, and I'm thankful for the number of pictures in some of them. But thank you very much for that.
We will start with an opening statement, if we could, please—the shorter the better, because the members all have questions for you—and we'll move on from there.