I'd like to call the meeting to order. We have reduced time today because of the votes that just took place.
Pursuant to Standing Order 81(4), under the main estimates for 2012-13, vote 15 under the Privy Council, referred to the committee on Tuesday, February 28, 2012, we have Monsieur Mayrand from Elections Canada with us today.
We are going to try to go with about 40 minutes for each panel—I'm sorry, I'm reducing your time—so at about twenty minutes after the hour we'll finish off this half, and then we'll have the Clerk and the Speaker in for the second half.
Monsieur Mayrand, you have some opening statements. Please go ahead. Introduce the people who are with you, and then we'll get to questions after that and will see how concise we can be today.