Good morning. Welcome back to the 109th meeting of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.
For today's panel, we are pleased to welcome Michael Pal, assistant professor and director, public law group, faculty of law, University of Ottawa, and Andrea Furlong, executive director, Council of Canadians.
I will now turn the floor over to Professor Pal for his opening statement. He will be followed by Ms. Furlong.
Thank you very much for coming. It's great to have you here.