We'll start, ladies and gentlemen. This is the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, on Monday, May 26, and in our orders of the day, we're studying the strengthening of the protection of women in our immigration system.
This meeting is televised. We have three guests visiting us today, two here in Ottawa and one by teleconference from Montreal.
I'm going to mess up on the pronunciation of your names, and I don't mind at all if you reprimand me.
We have with us today Mr. Shahin Mehdizadeh—