Good morning. This meeting is number 14 of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, for the first session of the 42nd Parliament.
It's a very busy meeting and we have a lot of witnesses, which is great. Any time we get a few minutes, we have five or so things to get through: witnesses who can't make it, etc.; the committee report; just approving the budget for our report; the clerk's emergency motion on emergency sitting; the conflict of interest guideline; Mr. Reid's motion; and Mr. Christopherson's motion.
We'll start out. We have three witnesses in the first panel. We'll be having, first, Christine Moore, MP, Abitibi—Témiscamingue. Then we'll have the Honourable Sheila Copps, and Lisa MacLeod, MPP for Nepean-Carleton, who is joining us via teleconference from Toronto.
Thank you, witnesses, for coming. I know your time is valuable, so we appreciate it. If we could do five minutes of opening comments, and if you don't have enough time in that, then just use the time when someone asks you a question to finish your prepared speech.
Go ahead, Ms. Moore.