Good morning. I call the meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 59 of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs. The committee is meeting today to continue its study of the Quebec electoral boundaries commission report.
Before I get into welcoming our guests, I want to mention a couple of housekeeping items.
There was a letter circulated with regard to adding time to procedure and House affairs so that we can get a bit more work done. We will be allotting 15 minutes at the end of this meeting for that conversation. Therefore, the two panels will move quickly.
I will say to the clerk that perhaps the second panel will be starting about five to 10 minutes earlier. Can we let them have a heads-up? That way, we can get through committee business really quickly.
I'm also going to suggest that you do not have to use all of your time. If you have extra time, you can give it back to the committee so that we can get through everything very quickly. I am confident our guests are going to be very efficient in providing us with their information.
The clerk and I will maintain a consolidated list of members wishing to speak.
For our first panel, we have Alexis Brunelle‑Duceppe, MP for Lac‑Saint‑Jean, Marilène Gill, MP for Manicouagan, and Mario Simard, MP for Jonquière, who is joining us by video conference.
We have carried out sound tests and everything seems to be working fine.
Each of you will have four minutes to speak, but don't feel you have to use up the entire time.
Mr. Brunelle‑Duceppe, welcome. The floor is yours.