This is the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, meeting number 2, Thursday, September 29, 2011. Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), this is a briefing session on the Department of Citizenship and Immigration.
We have two guests this morning, two witnesses from the ministry: Mr. Linklater, who is the assistant deputy minister, strategic and program policy; and Ms. Edlund, who is the associate deputy minister of operations. Welcome to the committee.
I understand that slides are being distributed to members.
Good morning to you. Thank you for coming. There are two ways of doing this. One is that committee members interrupt you as you proceed and ask questions or we wait until the end of your presentation and they make notes on issues that they wish.... I prefer the latter or we may never hear all of your presentation.
So I'm going to ask committee members if they have questions of these witnesses that they make notes and they ask them at the end of their presentation, which I expect will take half an hour to 45 minutes.
You may proceed, Mr. Linklater. Welcome, and thank you again.