Welcome to the 16th meeting of the Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development. Today is Tuesday, December 13, 2011.
We are continuing our study into Camp Ashraf. We are going to go directly to our witnesses.
We have with us today witnesses from the foreign affairs and international trade department, specifically Barbara Martin, who is the director general of the Middle East and Maghreb bureau, and Michael Walma, who is the director of the international crime and terrorism division.
Welcome.
As well, from Public Safety, we have Michael MacDonald, who is the director general of the national security operations directorate.
I'll just invite our witnesses to begin.
I'm sure you have already discussed the length of time the presentations ought to be. We always encourage people to be as brief as possible because we find that the most fruitful discussions come from the questions and answers, but obviously your facts are out and you're all grown-ups. You've probably all done this before anyway. Why don't I turn things over to you?
Who would like to go first?
Ms. Martin, go ahead, please.