Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, gentlemen, for being here this morning.
Recently, the committee received a written response from the Privy Council Office outlining two meetings earlier this year, on January 25 and March 30, at which NDP political party representatives were present to get secret briefings from the Prime Minister's Office and Elections Canada and information to craft this bill.
Mr. Perrault, you attended both of those meetings. As you are aware, this bill is quite controversial, as it was clear that the NDP and Liberals negotiated a deal to move the election date back to protect the pensions of likely-to-be-defeated NDP and Liberal MPs.
We know that you and Elections Canada staff were at these two meetings that were held. Can you confirm to the committee if you or any Elections Canada staff had any other meetings, briefings, calls or exchanges with the NDP present or participating regarding Bill C-65 before it was announced?