I'm going to call the meeting to order, ladies and gentlemen.
This is the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, meeting 16, Tuesday, May 12, 2009. The orders of the day, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), are for a study of ghost consultants and migrant workers.
We have, by way of video conference, the first set of witnesses, who are the Caregivers Support Services. Members of the committee, there are three members of this group: Pura Velasco, Magdalene Gordo, and Richelyn Tongson, who are before us today to give testimony. Also present with these members is the group's counsel, Charles Sinclair.
Mr. Sinclair, I want to make quite clear to you the process of standing committees in this place. That is, that you have the right to advise your clients, but you do not have the right to ask questions, answer questions, or indeed make statements. Your only right is to advise your clients, which you have the right to do.
Are you clear about that, Mr. Sinclair?