I'd like to call the meeting to order.
This is the sixth meeting of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security of the second session. Thank you for coming.
We have some special guests today. We are continuing our review of the DNA Identification Act, a statutory review in accordance with section 13 of that act.
We wish to welcome today our witnesses, and I will introduce them to you.
First, my name is Jack Harris. I'm the vice-chair sitting in for Gary Breitkreuz, who will appear at some point and take over his usual duties.
We have, on behalf of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, Chief Constable Derek Egan. Thank you for coming, sir.
And we have Vincenzo Rondinelli, defence counsel with the Criminal Lawyers' Association. Thank you for coming, sir.
Also, from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, we have Chantal Bernier, Assistant Privacy Commissioner; and Lisa Campbell, acting general counsel, legal services.
Thank you all for coming.
We have a normal procedure of offering witnesses ten minutes for their presentations. In your case today, we have three groups, and I'm assuming in this regard that the Office of the Privacy Commissioner will share their time. We're not overly rigid, but we don't like to get too far out of our bounds, so I hope you'll help us in that regard. We will then have questions from members of the committee.
Without further ado, we can start in the order of our agenda here, and ask Chief Constable Derek Egan of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police to begin his presentation.
Welcome, sir.