Good morning, and welcome to the 97th meeting in this Parliament of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration.
We welcome the minister with us. We're very pleased that you were able to come for an annual consideration of the immigration levels plan.
Before I turn it over to the minister to talk, I want to survey the committee members with respect to our meeting of Tuesday, February 27, which is normally scheduled for 11 o'clock. That is budget day, and the afternoon meetings of committees are being cancelled; however, the morning meetings are up to the committees. I want to survey whether you want to go ahead with the meeting or whether you have a desire to be in a lock-up situation. I just want to check on that.
We have work to do, so I would like to continue with the work, but I won't do so if there are members of the committee who want to avail themselves of the option.
Ms. Rempel.