Good afternoon. This is meeting number 12 of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration. Today is Tuesday, May 4, 2010.
The orders of the day are pursuant to the order of reference of Thursday, April 29, 2010. We are dealing with Bill C-11, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and the Federal Courts Act.
This is the first day of our hearings, and we have appearing before us the Honourable Jason Kenney, who is the Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism. He will be present for the first hour of our session, and he has a presentation to make to the committee. After that, as you know, Minister, I'm sure some of the committee members will have one or two questions for you.