I'd like to call to order the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. Our agenda, of course, is before you. Our order of reference of Wednesday, October 4, 2006, is to examine Bill C-18, An Act to amend certain Acts in relation to DNA identification.
As witnesses before the committee, we have members of the RCMP: Mr. David Bird, senior legal counsel; Mr. J. Bowen, acting director, biology project; and Mr. Joe Buckle, director general, Forensic Science and Identification Services; and I understand that Ms. Anne-Elizabeth Charland, officer in charge of management services, is also here, but not at the table.
Thank you all for being here.
Mr. Buckle, I would ask that you begin. I understand you're making the presentation today.