I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting 43 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration. Today we will continue our study of the conditions faced by asylum seekers.
I confirm that all witnesses have conducted the required technical tests in preparation for the meeting.
For our first panel, I would like to welcome our witnesses today.
We are joined by Frantz André, spokesperson and coordinator for Comité d'action des personnes sans statut.
We are also joined by The Refugee Centre, represented by Abdulla Daoud, executive director, and Pierre-Luc Bouchard, refugee lawyer and head of the legal department.
Our third witness for today is Eva-Gazelle Rududura, vice-president of Unis pour une Intégration Consciente au Canada.
On behalf of all the members, I would like to welcome you all. You will have five minutes for your opening remarks, and then we will to go to our rounds of questioning.
We will start with Mr. André.
You have five minutes for your opening remarks. You can please begin.