Good morning. Welcome to the 82nd meeting of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.
I'd like to let the committee members know that we had a great meeting yesterday with the delegation from Ghana. As well, just a few minutes ago I presented our report to Parliament that would enhance the participation of MPs with babies and infants in the political system. That was great. Good work, committee.
Today we are continuing our study on the creation of an independent commissioner responsible for leaders' debates. For this morning's panel we're pleased to be joined by a number of witnesses.
From CBC/Radio-Canada we have Jennifer McGuire, general manager and editor-in-chief, CBC News,
Also from CBC/Radio-Canada, we have Michel Cormier, General Manager, News and Current Affairs, French Services.
From Corus Entertainment we have Troy Reeb, senior vice-president, news, radio and station operations, and from Bell Media we have Wendy Freeman, president, CTV News.
I know that you are all very important and busy people, so we are very honoured to have you here. We look forward to hearing your opening statements in the order I introduced you.
Jennifer McGuire, we will start with you.