Good afternoon. This is the 54th meeting of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs. It is being televised.
Today, we are pleased to have with us the Honourable Karina Gould, Minister of Democratic Institutions. She is accompanied by two officials from the Privy Council Office: Ian McCowan, deputy secretary to the cabinet, governance; and Natasha Kim, director of democratic reform.
Committee members will remember that Minister Gould appeared on February 7 and agreed to return to discuss the MyDemocracy.ca website and the government's planned agenda for electoral reform.
Now we'll turn the floor over to the minister for her opening statement.
Thank you very much for coming back. We appreciate your being here. It's very helpful for the committee.