I call the meeting to order. This is meeting 51 of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. For the record, today is Wednesday, March 2, 2011.
Now, members, if you look at your agenda, we scheduled three different witnesses for the first half of this meeting. Because there were no witnesses scheduled for the second half of the meeting, I took the liberty of scheduling Mr. Dreeshen to speak to his private member's bill, Bill C-576. I understand and I realize that was not part of our discussions at the steering committee, but because we had that extra hour I put it in there.
I'd seek your consent to carry on with that. Is that all right?