Good morning, everybody. Welcome to the Standing Committee on Official Languages. We are in our meeting 32.
I first want to apologize for being late. It's a great place; it's our first time here at One Wellington.
This morning, of course, we have our witness, Madame Maria Barrados, president of the Public Service Commission of Canada. She is accompanied by Mr. Donald Lemaire, senior vice-president and champion of official languages.
This morning as we begin our session we have a special guest from the Ukraine, Mr. Motrenko, the head of the main department for the civil service of Ukraine.
Welcome to our committee, Mr. Motrenko, and welcome to your delegation.
They are here to learn more about our political process and the work in committees
Please feel free to attend and assist our meeting.
Without further ado, I would ask Ms. Barrados to make her opening statement.
Then we'll go on to committee business. There have been two substantial meetings of the steering committee which we will tell you about and extremely interesting proposals for future business, including this morning's, but also regarding certain procedures.
Without further ado, I'll ask you, the President of the Public Service Commission, to make your opening statement, and then we'll continue on with committee members.