Good morning. I welcome you to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, meeting 59.
This meeting will last from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. This meeting is televised.
Our orders of the day, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), are to study clauses 308 to 314 in the budget implementation bill, Bill C-45.
We have with us today familiar faces—Mr. Linklater, the assistant deputy minister of strategic and program policy, and his colleagues.
Good morning to you, sir, again. You can make a presentation to the committee of up to 20 minutes.
Thank you for coming, sir.