Perhaps we can bring our meeting to order.
Before I go into our committee meeting, I want to say thank you to my colleague here, Andrew Telegdi, for chairing our last committee meeting. I couldn't get here. I had glowing reports, and people actually saying that the current chair should be replaced with the vice-chair, so I had better not miss too many more committee meetings.
Thank you, Andrew, for a job well done. I appreciate it very much.
This morning I want to welcome, on behalf of the committee, our witnesses. We have Mr. Ken Sandhu, full-time member of the Immigration and Refugee Board, head office, and deputy chair of the refugee protection division in Toronto's regional office.
Welcome, Mr. Sandhu.
And we have Lois Figg, full-time member and assistant deputy chair of the Immigration and Refugee Board, Toronto regional office.
Welcome to you as well.