Colleagues, we'll bring this meeting to order, please. Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), we have a study of provision of assistance to Canadians in difficulty abroad, consular affairs.
Before us today is Alex Neve, secretary general of Amnesty International. Welcome, Alex, to the committee, and to Mohamed Fahmy, co-founder of the Fahmy Foundation, who's on video.
I understand, Alex, you're going to kick it off, and then we're going to go over to Mohamed, and back and forth, and then we'll get into Q and A.
I apologize for being late. There were a number of votes today. We'll try to accommodate by using up as much time as we can for the two witnesses, and then make up a little bit of time at the back end.
With that, I just want to turn the floor over to you. Welcome to the committee.