This is the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, meeting number 23.
We are studying Bill C-24, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts.
This meeting is televised.
We have three representatives from the Canadian Bar Association: Christopher Veeman, Barbara Jackman, and Kerri Froc. Good afternoon to you, and thank you for coming. We also have Robin Seligman, a lawyer—this is lawyers' day—and we have, from British Columbia by teleconference, Richard Kurland, who is well-known to this committee and also a lawyer. You will all have to be very careful with what you say today.
Ms. Jackman, are you speaking on behalf of the Bar Association?