I call this meeting to order. This is meeting 41 of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. Today is Thursday, October 22, 2009. We're continuing our study on organized crime in Canada.
I want to thank all of the witnesses for attending. You may know that we undertook the study some time ago. We heard witnesses in Ottawa. We've already travelled to Vancouver, where we heard a lot about street gangs. I think we on the west coast have a lot to learn from you because you've had your own challenges in Quebec and you have had some successes, so we're anxious to hear some of the solutions you're proposing.
In any event, I just want to go through the list of witnesses. Representing the Barreau du Québec, we have Giuseppe Battista as well as Nicole Dufour. Welcome.
Representing the Canada Border Services Agency, we have Angelo De Riggi. Representing Criminal Intelligence Service Canada, we have Pierre-Paul Pichette. Representing the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, we have Inspector Sylvain Joyal as well as Inspector Martine Fontaine. And representing the Sûreté du Québec, we have Inspector Denis Morin as well as Francis Brabant.
Welcome to all of you.
What we'll do is go in the order that I've mentioned. We're starting, actually, with Angelo De Riggi. Then we'll move up to the Barreau du Québec.
Please proceed.