I call this meeting to order.
We have two items on the agenda. We generally have notices of motion after we do planning for future business, but we'll go to notices of motions first of all, which is public, and then we'll go in camera for the planning of future business.
We have three motions. We'll skip Mr. Karygiannis' motion, as he's not here. We can probably do his if he shows up afterwards.
First we'll go to a motion by Olivia Chow:
That the committee recommend that the government allow any applicant (unless they have serious criminality) who has filed an in-Canada spousal or common law sponsorship application to be entitled to an automatic stay of removal until a decision is rendered on their application; that the committee adopt this recommendation as a report to the House; and that, pursuant to Standing order 108(1), the Chair present it to the House.
Ms. Chow, would you like to talk about that a little bit? Then we can go to discussion if need be.