Good morning, everybody.
We are here for the 135th meeting of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs. Typically, I remind witnesses—although I think Mr. Reid is well aware—that we put our earpieces, when not in use, on the stickers in front of us to protect the well-being of our interpreters.
Colleagues, we are here today on M-109, an instruction to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs regarding amendments to the Standing Orders, and on the study of Bill C-65, an act to amend the Canada Elections Act. We will return to C-65 in the second hour of our affairs here today.
For the first hour, we have our colleague Scott Reid, the MP for Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston, with us. It's always nice when we have a colleague from the House of Commons join us in their capacity as a witness.
Mr. Reid, we very much look forward to hearing from you today, sir. Thank you for making yourself available to the committee. I'll turn the floor over to you for five minutes. If you feel like you need a little bit more time, that's not a problem. Then we will head into our opening rounds of questions.
With that, colleagues, we will begin.
Mr. Reid, you have the floor for five minutes.