I call the meeting to order.
This is the thirty-first meeting of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. Today is Monday, June 15, 2009.
You have before you the agenda for today. In the first hour, we'll hear one witness on our study on declaring certain groups criminal organizations. During the second hour, we'll begin our review of Bill C-232, An Act to amend the Supreme Court Act (understanding the official languages).
I'm hoping that at the end of our meeting we will leave 10 minutes for a brief in camera discussion on our study plan, because there is an issue that has come up about perhaps bringing in a witness early for next meeting. I'd like to leave 10 minutes for that.
First of all, I'm pleased to welcome Paul Burstein, a lawyer with the firm of Burstein, Unger--from Winnipeg, I believe--who will be assisting us with our study on declaring certain groups criminal organizations.
You're actually from Toronto. That's where your firm is based.