Art Hanger at the Justice and Human Rights Committee

I would like to call to order this meeting of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. Before us is the continued debate and discussion on Bill C-10, an act to amend the Criminal Code on minimum penalties for offences involving firearms.

We have the following witnesses before us today: from the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Alexi Nicole Wood, the program safety project director, and Mr. Alan Borovoy, general counsel; from the Church Council on Justice and Corrections, Monsieur Laurent Champagne, the president; and from the John Howard Society of Canada, Mr. Graham Stewart, the executive director.

I thank you all for being here.

I will turn the floor over to the—