I'd like to call this meeting to order, please. This is the 24th meeting of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.
With us today, we have the Chief Electoral Officer. We'll be looking at his report to the House.
We'll give you a chance to do an opening statement, and I recognize there's a test that you'd like to do. We want to handle that first, and then we'll move on to the general report piece. Then we do have a bit of committee business at the end, so we will excuse you a little bit early today, because we have just a little bit to handle at the end of the meeting, and we would like to move with that.
Thank you to all the members for being here on time, and we're ready to start.
Monsieur Mayrand, we'd like you to give us your opening statement, and we'll go that way, introduce the guests that you have. Again, I apologize, this meeting does take place at lunch time, and some of the members will be eating lunch in front of you, because this may be their only chance to stop and eat today.
Thank you for coming, and I give the floor to you.