Order, please.
Good afternoon. Welcome to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology and to our 38th meeting on this day, October 21, 2009.
We're here pursuant to the order of reference of Friday, May 8, 2009, concerning Bill C-27, otherwise known as the Electronic Commerce Protection Act.
Today, we will be going clause by clause on this bill. So without further ado, we'll begin.
Before I do, I just want to recognize our three departmental officials here. We have Madam DiFrancesco, who is director general of the electronic commerce branch; we have Mr. Palmer, who is the senior general counsel of the legal services group; and we have Monsieur André Leduc, who is the policy analyst with the e-commerce policy group.
I believe I have an intervention from Mr. Lake.
Go ahead.