Colleagues, for our first hour today, we have something a little bit out of the ordinary in the course of our normal affairs but is ordinary within the affairs of Parliament as a whole. I received a letter from the chair of the finance committee to ask for our assistance in reducing the load they have to undertake in the evaluation of the BIA, the budget implementation act. She has done this with many other committees. It's common practice in order to have efficiency within the process at committee.
Pursuant to that standing order, today we have an evaluation of an act to implement certain provisions of the budget that are relevant to our committee—in particular, clauses 389 to 398, division 23; clauses 589 to 591, division 39; and clauses 597 and 598, division 43.
We will have two guests with us today. Following that, Minister Joly and her officials will be here next week. That was the ask from the finance committee. We are fulfilling that in today's meeting and in Monday's meeting, assuming the schedule goes according to plan.
Joining us today are Philippe Dufresne, Canada's Privacy Commissioner, and Marc Chénier, deputy commissioner and senior general counsel. They will speak to their responsibilities within the BIA and why they're here today. Then there will be an opportunity, as always, for members to speak.
I am going to hold us to time today. We'll end this at exactly the one-hour mark. We have things to get to in the form of a draft report and a couple of other items of business.
With that, Monsieur Dufresne, I will pass the mic to you. The floor is yours for up to five minutes, sir.