Good morning, everyone. Our meeting will come to order.
I want to welcome you to our committee meeting, as we continue our meetings on the study of the loss of Canadian citizenship,1947, 1977, and 2007.
Today we want to welcome two panels to our committee. The first panel will present between 11 a.m. and 12:10. Our second panel will be heard from 12:10 until 1:20, after which we will go to committee business from 1:20 until 1:30.
Since we have so many witnesses, and I'm sure committee members want to interact with the witnesses we have here today, I would ask you not to feel restricted but to be as brief as you can in your opening statements. Each panel has about one hour and ten minutes. As I said, committee members will, I'm sure, want to ask questions.
I want to welcome today our first panel: Ms. Marlene Jennings, member of Parliament, House of Commons; Don Chapman, Lost Canadians Organization; Gail Forrest, Lost Children of Canada; and representing the Mennonite Central Committee of Canada, Mr. Johan Teichroeb. It's good to have you here.
I will pass it back to you, however you wish to proceed with your opening comments. Ms. Jennings has indicated that she might have to leave a little bit early because of a previous commitment in the House, so I will go immediately to her.
Ms. Jennings.