I'll call the meeting to order. This is meeting number 17 of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs. We are studying prorogation.
Members, we will be having Professor Heard as our first witness today for approximately an hour. We have some committee business we're going to be looking at in the second hour. That will include how we're going forward on this study and a discussion of the calendar for Thursday.
Professor Heard, it's great to have you here today. We'd love to have you give us an opening statement. I know that you've been watching us, and it's great to know people have been watching our committee from afar.
Please give us a bit of an opening statement. We'll get to members' questions right after that.
Professor Heard, I give you the floor.