Thank you, honourable members of the committee.
I'm very pleased to be your chair. I'll do my best to be sure that this committee will be as efficient and as effective as we were last session.
Before starting, I have to read something for you.
I would like to read the following statement. On Wednesday, March 3, 2010, the House of Commons adopted the following Order, and I quote:
That, for all standing committees, routine motions in effect at the time of prorogation of the previous session be deemed to have been adopted in the current session, provided that committees be empowered to alter or rescind such motions as they deem appropriate.
Accordingly, routine motions in effect at the time of prorogation are reinstated. The Clerk will reflect the House order in the minutes of this meeting. The committee can, if it so chooses, amend any of these motions. I believe the Clerk has distributed a copy of these motions to committee members for information purposes.