I call the meeting back to order.
Colleagues, we are going to begin with our second panel.
We have a new suite of witnesses to welcome. Appearing as an individual, from McCarthy Tétrault, is Connor Bildfell. From the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, we have Franco Terrazzano, the federal director, and Ryan Thorpe, an investigative journalist. From the Public Service Alliance of Canada, we have Sharon DeSousa, the national president; Michele Girash, the assistant director of communications, political action and campaigns; and Sasha Hart, general counsel.
Witnesses, for those of you who may not be familiar with appearing in front of the committee, if you're not using your earpiece, we ask that you place it on the stickers you see before you. This is to avoid any audio interference, which can be detrimental to the health and well-being of our interpreters. If you are using them and they're on your ear, of course, that is moot.
We will have five-minute testimony from each group or individual, and then we will head into our usual rounds of questioning.
With that, Mr. Bildfell, I turn the floor over to you for five minutes.