Good morning. I'd like to call the meeting to order.
Pursuant to the order of reference received by the committee on March 21, 2016, the committee will now proceed to the consideration of Bill C-6, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and to make consequential amendments to another Act.
I'd like to welcome our first panel of witnesses on the subject of Bill C-6: Andrew Brouwer, senior counsel in refugee law, Legal Aid Ontario; Audrey Macklin, professor and chair in human rights at the faculty of law, University of Toronto; and Tamra Thomson, director of legislation and law reform, and Christopher Veeman, executive member of the immigration law section, both from the Canadian Bar Association.
Welcome. Each of you will have seven minutes or less to make opening statements, and we will proceed alphabetically.
Mr. Brouwer, you're up first.