Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
This is the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, meeting number 17, on Tuesday, May 25, 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.
We have three witnesses today, three guests. One of them is coming via teleconference from St. John's, and we're having problems hooking that up, but there's no reason we can't start with the other witnesses and hope that it will happen. So I will introduce our witnesses.
I want to welcome you to the immigration committee to study this bill and hear your observations and comments. We have the Table de concertation des organismes au service des personnes réfugiées et immigrantes, with Stephan Reichhold, who is the director, and Richard Goldman, who is the committee coordinator to aid refugees. As well, we have Action Réfugiés Montréal, Glynis Williams, who is the director, and Maude Côté, who is the program coordinator.
Each group has up to seven minutes to make a presentation. Thank you for coming.
We'll start with you, Mr. Reichhold.