Thank you very much, witnesses. We really appreciate your coming.
We will quickly change to our next witness, because we have a vote in 15 minutes and we want to at least hear his opening statement. We're not going to suspend; we're just going to carry right on.
Colleagues, we're pleased to be joined now by our next witness, Marc Chénier, general counsel and senior director, legal services, from the office of the Commissioner of Canada Elections.
Unfortunately, the commissioner was not available, but we're delighted that Mr. Chénier is here. We have lots of interest in the commissioner's role in this bill.
Thank you very much for coming. I'm sure we'll have some good questions.