Our meeting will come to order. I think we have a quorum, so we can begin.
I should apologize right off the bat. We have confusion here this morning. We don't normally have a vote on Tuesday morning at 11:15 or 11:30, but bells will go some time within the next 15 minutes or so, and we are going to have to move on to our voting and come back and resume.
I want to welcome this morning witnesses Nick Summers, former member of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, and Mr. Peter Harrison, senior associate deputy minister, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, and deputy head for Indian residential schools. Welcome to both of you.
I think you're familiar with how the committee operates. We'll give it to you to do opening statements, and I believe first we'll go to Mr. Harrison for his opening statement and then to Nick Summers. And we'll go to our committee members then, to interact, ask questions, and what have you.
Mr. Harrison, please.