We'll call the meeting to order.
This is the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, meeting number 58, on Wednesday, November 7, 2012. This meeting is televised. Pursuant to the order of reference of Tuesday, October 16, 2012, we will discuss Bill C-43, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
Ladies and gentlemen, as you know, the bells will ring at 5:15. We have some business the committee will have to look at for five minutes, so this meeting will end at 5:10, which means the first group will have a total of 55 minutes. The second panel has just one witness who will have 45 minutes. That's how it's going to work. This first hour will end at 4:25.
We have two witnesses with us this afternoon, two lawyers with the Canadian Bar Association. We have Kerri Froc, who is a staff lawyer with law reform and equality; and we have Michael A. Greene, who is a member of the national immigration law section. Good afternoon to the two of you. Thank you for coming.
Mr. Lamoureux, we have all the way from Winnipeg, Manitoba a witness who is an immigration lawyer, Reynaldo Reis Visarra Jr. Pagtakhan.
Mr. Pagtakhan, I'll let you go first. You have up to 10 minutes to make a presentation.