Welcome back to the 113th meeting of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.
For our final panel we are joined by Paul G. Thomas, Professor Emeritus, Political Studies at the University of Manitoba, who is appearing by video conference from Winnipeg; Glenn Cheriton, President of Commoners' Publishing; and from the Green Party of Canada, Jean-Luc Cooke, Member of Council, National Office.
Thank you all for being here. Now I'll turn the floor over to Professor Thomas for his opening statement.