Good afternoon.
This is the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, meeting number 16, Thursday, May 13, 2010. The orders of the day are pursuant to the order of reference of Thursday, April 29, 2010: Bill C-11, an act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and the Federal Courts Act.
For the first hour today we have, from the Centre des femmes de Verdun, Annie Kouamy, community advocate, and Alein Ortégon, community advocate. All the way from Vancouver we have Richard Kurland, who is an attorney.
Good afternoon.
Centre des femmes de Verdun, you have up to ten minutes between the two of you. You may begin.
Welcome to the committee.