Good afternoon. My name is Stephan Reichhold, and I am the director of the Table de concertation des organismes au service des personnes réfugiées et immigrantes, which represents 140 Quebec organizations working with refugees, immigrants and also people without status. We have worked very closely with the Canadian Council for Refugees; we worked with them on their brief. Our organization supports all of the principles in the Canadian Council for Refugees' brief. Several aspects of the bill are of concern to us, despite the fact that certain components are positive, as we mentioned in the brief.
I will give the floor to my colleague Mr. Goldman, who is responsible for protection in our organization, at the Table de concertation. He is going to speak to one issue in particular, that is the whole question of the study of humanitarian considerations that would be abolished for asylum seekers under the current bill. This is one component we wish to discuss with you. I will now give the floor to my colleague.