Good morning and welcome to the 117th meeting of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration. Just as a reminder, once the meeting begins the only cameras to be allowed will be those of the Parliament of Canada.
To begin, I want to thank the witnesses and ministers for attending.
I will draw to your attention that the committee voted at its last meeting to undertake a study on the impact of irregular crossing of Canada's southern border. That study is taking place today in three meetings; however, it needs a budget to be approved. I'm going to look for a motion to facilitate these meetings, that we adopt the budget as presented in the amount of $22,600 to undertake the study of irregular crossing at Canada's southern border.
Do I have that motion?