Good afternoon, Mr. Craig. This is Michael Levitt, the committee chair. We're going to begin in one second. I'll do a little introduction first.
With us on the line, after some technical glitches, from out west, we have Rick Craig, the executive director of the Justice Education Society of British Columbia. Mr. Craig appeared as a witness before the subcommittee in 2013 and again in 2014.
JES is a non-profit organization that was established in 1989. Internationally, JES works on projects that seek to strengthen countries' legal systems in Central America, Vietnam, and Ethiopia, among others. Since 2009, JES has received funding from Global Affairs Canada under the rubric of the anti-crime capacity-building program to deliver programming in Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador. JES has secured funding from 2015 to 2017 through Global Affairs Canada for a project entitled Combatting Gangs and Criminality in Central America, focusing on Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador.
With that being said, Mr. Craig, you have 10 minutes and if you could do an introduction, that would be fantastic.