We'll call the meeting to order. It's meeting number 19 of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.
Today we have some witnesses appearing before the committee, dealing with Bill C-26, An Act to amend the Criminal Code . We have Ms. Pate here today from the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies and Mr. McLeod here from the Association of Professional Security Agencies.
We have by video conference two witnesses, one from the Canadian Bar Association, Mr. Gottardi, and one from the Canadian Police Association. I'm not sure if we have both video conferences. We have a little technical problem at this point with the Canadian Bar Association's connection, so we have Mr. Stamatakis here from the Canadian Police Association.
Welcome to you all. If you have an opening address, we'd like to keep them to five minutes. I'll let you know when you have one minute left, and then we'll begin the rounds of questions from each side.
Ms. Pate, would you like to go first, if you have an opening address?