Good morning. Welcome back to the 80th meeting of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs. For members' information, we are now in public.
Today we are continuing our study on the creation of an independent commissioner responsible for leaders' debates.
We're pleased to have with us Paul Adams, associate professor, school of journalism and communication, Carleton University; Graham Fox, president and chief executive officer of the Institute for Research on Public Policy; and Jane Hilderman, executive director of Samara.
Thanks to all of you for being here and for coming on short notice. We know that you didn't have much time, but we really appreciate your expertise and we look forward to your input on this totally new project we've undertaken. You're our first witnesses, so it will be very exciting.
Who would like to start? Maybe we'll just go from left to right alphabetically.
Mr. Adams.