I'd like to call the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights to order.
Our agenda is still on Bill C-10, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (minimum penalties for offences involving firearms) and to make a consequential amendment to another Act.
We have a number of witnesses appearing today: the Quebec Association of Defence Lawyers; Mr. Jean-Paul Brodeur, as an individual; the Canadian Bar Association; and the Mennonite Central Committee Canada.
I would like to proceed along the lines as noted on the agenda. I turn the floor over to the Quebec Association of Defence Lawyers and Ms. Lucie Joncas.
Ms. Joncas.