Thank you.
Appearing before us today we have a number of organizations and individuals to assist us in our review of Bill C-15.
First of all, Mr. Richard Elliott is here representing the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network.
We also have Mr. Craig Jones of the John Howard Society of Canada; Graham Norton, director of the Public Safety Project for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association; Dr. Darryl Plecus, criminologist and RCMP research chair and director, Centre for Criminal Justice Research at the University of the Fraser Valley. And finally, we have Tara Lyons, executive director of the Canadian Students for a Sensible Drug Policy.
To introduce you to our process, you will have 10 minutes to present and then we'll open up the floor to questions from our committee members.
Perhaps, Ms. Lyons, you could start. You have 10 minutes.