I call the meeting to order.
This is meeting 15 of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. Today is Wednesday, April 22, 2009.
You have before you the agenda for today. As you know, by order of reference we have before us Bill C-15, an Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts.
Please note we're going to leave half an hour, or whatever time is remaining, after the minister leaves to deal with some committee business, including Monsieur Ménard's motion.
To assist us in our Bill C-15 review, we again have with us the Minister of Justice and Attorney General for Canada, the Honourable Rob Nicholson. With him are representatives from the Department of Justice, Paul Saint-Denis as well as Greg Yost.
Minister Nicholson, I understand you'll be here with us up until five o'clock. Is that correct?