Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration. You will each have seven minutes to speak and make a preliminary statement. To facilitate matters, I will signal you when you have one minute left, so you will know that it is time to wrap up quickly. There will then be a question and answer period with the members that will allow you to complete your presentation.
This morning we have Mowafaq Thomas with us from the Saints-Martyrs-d'Orient Chaldean Church and also Abbass Alnajar and Hala Alobaidi from the Iraqi Community Centre.
You understand that your organization has seven minutes and you will have to share them. I will leave it up to you to decide how you will do that.
Mr. Thomas, you have seven minutes.