I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 15 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3), the committee is meeting on its study of foreign election interference. We will go in camera at 12:30 to consider a draft report titled “Forms and Procedural and Interpretative Guidelines from the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner”. It's an excitingly titled report.
Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the Standing Orders. Members are attending in person in the room and remotely using the Zoom application.
Before I continue, I would ask all in-person participants to consult the guidelines. They are, of course, on the cards on the table. There is a short video; please watch it. All this is for the health and safety of everyone here, especially our interpreters.
I will remind you that all comments should be addressed through the chair.
If there are members on Zoom—which I don't believe there are—please use the “raise hand” function. The clerk and I will manage the speaking order as best we can.
I would like to welcome today's panel. We have Charles Burton, senior fellow at Sinopsis; Emerson T. Brooking, director of strategy and resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council; Aaron Shull, managing director and general counsel at the Centre for International Governance Innovation; and Aengus Bridgman, director of the Media Ecosystem Observatory.
Each witness will have five minutes to make their opening statement.
We'll start with Mr. Burton, please.