We're going to get started.
Good evening. We're running a bit late here.
Pursuant to the order of reference on Monday, January 29, 2018, the committee is resuming its consideration of Bill C-65, An act to amend the Canada Labour Code (harassment and violence), the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act and the Budget Implementation Act, No. 1.
Today the committee will hear from witnesses on the subject of the work environment and resources available to employees of the Parliament of Canada. Our witnesses include, as an individual, Katherine Lippel, professor, Canada research chair in occupational health and safety law, University of Ottawa.
Thank you very much for being here today.
From the Canadian Human Rights Commission, we have Marie-Claude Landry, chief commissioner; and Fiona Keith, senior legal counsel.
Thank you both for being here this evening.
We're missing our next witnesses, but hopefully they will arrive shortly. I'll just move on. From Rubin Thomlinson LLP, we have Christine Thomlinson, co-founder and co-managing partner as well as Jennifer White, investigator and trainer.
Thank you both for being here today.
We will give each organization seven minutes to introduce yourselves and bring greetings. Hopefully by the end, our two other witnesses will have arrived. Then, of course, we'll have a series of questions from my colleagues rounding out the evening.
First up we have Katherine Lippel, professor, Canada research chair in occupational health and safety law, University of Ottawa.
The next seven minutes are all yours.