Welcome to meeting number 131 of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.
This is a friendly reminder to witnesses who may not be used to appearing. You have a headset and, if it is not in use, for the protection and well-being of our interpreters, we ask that you place it face down on the stickers in front of you. Obviously, if it's in use, there's no problem.
Colleagues, this is our second meeting on the study of Bill C-65, an act to amend the Canada Elections Act. We will have two different panels today. From 11 to 12, we have with us Peter Loewen, professor, department of political science, University of Toronto, who is joining us virtually. From the Canadian Labour Congress, we have Siobhán Vipond, executive vice-president, and Mike Luff, national coordinator, government relations. Joining us virtually from Democracy Watch is Duff Conacher.
Thank you very much, witnesses, for being here with us today. Mr. Loewen will have five minutes. The CLC will collectively have five minutes, and Mr. Conacher will have five minutes. With that, I'm going to ask Mr. Loewen to start us off.
The floor will be yours for five minutes.
Witnesses, if you have your cellphones and you're able to do your best to keep track of your time, that would be appreciated. If not, I'll cut you off about 30 seconds before to give you forewarning and then ask you to wrap up. With that, we're going to begin.
Mr. Loewen, the floor is yours for five minutes, sir.