Good morning. This is meeting number 18 of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs for the first session of the 42nd Parliament. This meeting is being held in public.
Our business today is the order of reference from the House, of April 19, 2016, concerning premature disclosure of the contents of Bill C-14. At the last meeting, the committee decided to invite the law clerk and parliamentary counsel to appear. As it turns out, he's willing to appear, but he's not available this week.
The Library of Parliament and the clerk in the House of Commons procedural services agreed to do a report for us on the background and history, the types of things the law clerk would have provided. We can look at that and determine what, if any, further action we need on the privilege.
Members using their iPad will find the briefing note with the documents for today's meeting. There are a few paper copies for anyone who didn't bring it. The clerk and the analyst are prepared to speak to this briefing note and answer questions. During the second hour we'll do committee business, including any follow up from that. We can also confirm the items we have on the upcoming agenda.
Just before we start, everyone's seen this paper we're discussing. Does anyone have any objections to us giving this to Kady O'Malley? It seems like most of this stuff is public anyway. It's just historical.
Does anyone want to make friends or enemies with Kady O'Malley?