Larry Bagnell at the Procedure and House Affairs Committee

On January 30th, 2018. See this statement in context.

January 30th, 2018 / 11 a.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Larry Bagnell

We'll start the new year on time for once and see how that goes.

Good morning and welcome to the 86th meeting of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, the first meeting of 2018.

Today, as we continue our study on the creation of an independent commissioner responsible for leaders’ debates, we're going to hear from the Trinidad and Tobago Debates Commission in the first hour and the Jamaica Debates Commission in the second hour.

By video conference from Trinidad and Tobago, we are pleased to be joined by Catherine Kumar, interim chief executive officer; and then Angella Persad, immediate past chair.

Thank you both for appearing today.

I'll now turn the floor over to Ms. Kumar for her opening statement.

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