I'm going to call this meeting to order. We now have quorum, so we can begin the meeting. This is the 150th meeting of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration. Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), we are continuing our study of settlement services across Canada.
I apologize for our late start today, which was due to the votes in the House of Commons. My hope is that we can go a bit longer on the meeting today to make sure we hear from all the witnesses, but we won't go overboard. We'll see how the questions go, but I don't want to cut down the presentations.
I thank the witnesses for coming. We usually begin with the video conference presentation. Just so the committee knows, the theme of this first hour is settlement services that are provided by non-traditional providers of activities. They are organizations that deal with newcomers but aren't necessarily settlement service agencies.
Welcome, Ms. Hutchings, as a member of the committee today.
Welcome to this committee, as well, Ms. Laverdière. We are very happy to have you with us.
We're going to begin with Mr. Roberts, who is coming to us from California. You may begin your presentation.