Bonjour, chers collègues. Welcome. This is meeting number 32 of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, Tuesday, May 27, 2008. Today we are continuing our consideration of our subcommittee's draft report on the Canada–China bilateral human rights dialogue.
We're very pleased today to have a number of guests with us. In our first hour we will hear from Dr. Gregory Chin, a professor at York University, and Dr. Pitman Potter, a professor of law and director of Chinese legal studies and director of the Institute of Asian Research at the University of British Columbia.
Welcome by teleconference. I trust you can hear me.