I call meeting number four of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration to order.
First of all, I want to thank the witnesses who are appearing before the committee today as we do our important study on the impact of COVID-19 on the immigration system. On behalf of the committee members, I just want to apologize to our witnesses for the scheduling issues. Because of the vote, we had to reschedule from 2 o'clock to 3 o'clock, so thanks for your understanding and for being flexible.
I welcome our three witnesses who are appearing before us today.
The first witness is Mr. Raj Sharma, managing partner at Stewart Sharma Harsanyi. Our second witness, also appearing as an individual, is Lorne Waldman, a lawyer with Waldman & Associates. We also have the Association québécoise des avocats et avocates en droit de l'immigration, represented by Mr. Cliche-Rivard, president, and Stéphanie Valois, administrator.
I welcome all the witnesses, who will each be given five minutes for their opening remarks, and then we will move to our round of questions.
With that, I would request that our first witness, Mr. Sharma, please start.
Mr. Sharma, the floor is yours.