I call this meeting to order.
This is the 108th session of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration.
Welcome to our officials who are coming to us from two departments, as well as agencies and the IRB. Thank you very much for agreeing to come.
Our committee wanted to take the opportunity to have a briefing from our officials on the issue of the irregular border crossings that are occurring and the asylum seekers who are entering Canada. It seemed best to start with the officials who are responsible for both managing that process as well as dealing with the outcomes of it at the IRB.
We'll have the departmental officials from Citizenship and Immigration begin, followed by Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, followed by the RCMP, CBSA, and then the IRB.
Each group has seven minutes, and then the questions could be directed anywhere. Again, thank you.
We begin with Mr. MacDonald.