Colleagues, I want to bring this meeting to order and start by apologizing to our witnesses. I'm sure they've been through this many times before—they're supposed to be giving evidence to committee and the committee is somewhere else doing the country's business. I want to start off by apologizing to you.
What we propose to do, colleagues, if it's okay with you, is get our first hour's two witnesses to make their opening comments. By then, we'll have connected with our next two witnesses by video, and we'll give them a chance to give their comments. Then we'll get into questions with all four in whatever time is left. I know that's not the best of worlds, but at this point we don't have a whole lot of choice.
Pursuant to the order of reference of Thursday, April 14, 2016, and section 20 of the Freezing Assets of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act, this is our statutory review of this act.
Before us as witnesses are Milos Barutciski and Vincent DeRose. One is a partner of Bennett Jones, and the other is a partner of Borden Ladner Gervais. Welcome to both of you.
I'm going to go straight to your presentations.
Milos, are you going to start?