Welcome, everyone. As you no doubt know, you are appearing before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration.
I must tell you immediately that, if you need interpretation, you may use the device provided for that purpose, channel 6 in French or channel 5 in English. Furthermore, since all your remarks are being interpreted in the other language, I would ask you not to speak too quickly during your presentations and answers to enable the interpreters to do their job properly.
Every organization has seven minutes to make its initial presentation. I warn you: seven minutes is very short, and you will realize that quickly. To help you, I'll raise a finger to indicate that you have one minute left, which will enable you to conclude, and then we'll go on to the period of questions and answers by members.
Among our guests this afternoon, we have, from Amnesty International, Mesdames Béatrice Vaugrante and Claudette Cardinal. You'll be free to determine how you want to divide your seven minutes. Appearing as an individual, we have Mr. Alain Vallières, lawyer. Lastly, we welcome, from the Ligue des droits et libertés, Ms. Louise Boivin, coordinator of the Committee on the Rights of Immigrants and Refugees of the Ligue des droits et libertés, and Nicole Filion, coordinator. You will decide how you want to share your time.
We may begin with Ms. Vaugrante or Ms. Cardinal. You have seven minutes.