I call the meeting to order. We have enough people here for quorum, so I suggest we begin.
This is the Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development. Today, February 5, 2013, we are holding our 66th hearing. Our meeting is being televised.
We welcome two very distinguished witnesses: Mr. David Matas and the Honourable David Kilgour.
Both have appeared many times as witnesses before parliamentary committees. Both are respected experts on human rights, and Mr. Kilgour, of course, was a long-time parliamentarian. They are dealing today with the issue of organ transplants in China, a subject on which both of them have written extensively.
I'll mention for those who have an interest in looking this up that they have co-authored two books. The first is Bloody Harvest: The killing of Falun Gong for their organs. That was co-written by them. Also, David Matas and Dr. Torsten Trey co-edited a later book, published last year, called State Organs: Transplant Abuse in China.
I think I've mentioned that we're televised, so everybody should behave accordingly on this committee. I did have conveyed to me through a clerk a request from Mr. Kilgour, who knows about the time restraints we have in this committee. He asked that his entire statement be deemed appended. He'll actually read in only part of it in order to conform with our timelines. I thought I would just throw that out to you. Does that seem reasonable to folks?