Good afternoon. I'm happy to call the 124th meeting of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration to order.
We are continuing our study of migration challenges and opportunities for Canada in the 21st century. We have two one-hour sessions today. We have Idil Atak from Ryerson University, as well as Alexandra Bilak, who is coming via video conference from Geneva, Switzerland. I usually start with the video conference just in case there's a technical problem and then we can get you back if we need to.
Just by way of introduction, the committee has decided to do a significant study on what in the world is going on with respect to migration of people, both forced and voluntary migration, what Canada's policy and legislative response should be in the 21st century, whether it should be different from what it was in the 20th century. We welcome both of you to the meeting.
We'll begin with Ms. Bilak.