Committee members, we're going to get started. As you may know, our regular chair is tied up in the House of Commons. I believe he is speaking to a motion at this moment, so he'll join us as soon as he can. In the interim, I will chair this portion of the committee meeting.
First, I'd like to thank all our witnesses. We have three witnesses here and one on video conference. We will begin with Jamie Liew, immigration lawyer and law professor from the faculty of law, common law section, University of Ottawa; also Lobat Sadrehashemi, lawyer; and then we will have Patricia Wells, barrister and solicitor.
Lobat and Jamie will get seven minutes together, and then Patricia Wells will get seven minutes on her own. Then Anabela Nunes on the videoconference will get seven minutes on her own.
We will begin. Jamie.