Welcome to the 132nd meeting of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.
Welcome, Minister LeBlanc.
Welcome to the officials and others who are here today.
I'll give a very friendly reminder to those who may not appear in front of committee often to please respect the well-being and health of our interpreters and make sure that if your earpiece is not in use, you have placed it on the sticker in front of you.
Colleagues, we have two separate hours here. The first hour today will be on the minister's mandate, broadly speaking. The second hour will be more specific and will relate to Bill C-65, which we have been undertaking a study of, as you know.
We have a few witnesses with the minister today.
Welcome to Daniel Rogers, who is the director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.
From the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, we have deputy minister Tricia Geddes. Welcome to you.
From the Privy Council Office, we have Mala Khanna, deputy secretary to the cabinet, governance; and Allen Sutherland, assistant secretary to the cabinet, machinery of government and democratic institutions. Welcome.
Minister LeBlanc, you'll have the floor for five minutes to provide opening remarks, after which we will go into our regular line of questioning. Thank you for making yourself available.