Good morning. I call this meeting to order. Welcome to meeting number 34 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.
Today's meeting is a committee business meeting on the issue of Mr. Blaikie's motion, which he moved at the last meeting. The meeting will be webcast on the House of Commons website and it's taking place in hybrid format, as all of you know.
Tomorrow will be the last day of hybrid format meetings. I don't know—maybe some of you might have more knowledge than I do as to whether there have been any discussions about extending that or not. As far as I'm aware, the agreement for hybrid meetings goes until June 23. After that, the House will rise, and generally committees do not meet when the House is not sitting.
On top of that, there will be a maintenance blackout period from June 30 to July 15 and then once again from August 23 to September 10, during which time committees will not be able to sit. I guess from time to time for exceptional circumstances committees do sit in the summer, but during the times I mentioned they would not be able to.
I just wanted to let all of you know about that before we continue on to Mr. Blaikie's motion.
I don't think anyone is participating in the room today. Everyone is attending virtually, so please just remember to unmute yourselves and to have your interpretation language selected. Also unmute yourselves if you have a point of order, and if you would like to speak to Mr. Blaikie's motion, then raise your hand in the toolbar below.