I call the meeting to order.
This is meeting number 44 of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. We are meeting pursuant to the order of reference of Wednesday, June 20, 2012, Bill C-36, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (elder abuse).
We have with us today Josephine Santos, program manager, long-term care best practices initiative, from the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario; Melanie Perka, program supervisor of social work, elder abuse intervention team, from Catholic Social Services; and from the City of Edmonton, Patrick Power, community development social worker, elder abuse intervention team—and we see the elder abuse intervention team as one body here.
I know it has been explained to you in the letter from the clerk that if you have an opening address, you can take up to ten minutes to make that opening address to us. I'll let you know when you are at nine minutes so you can cut it off at ten minutes, to ensure a fair distribution of the time. After you have made all of your opening addresses, we will turn to the committee to ask questions.
I've already explained that the bells are scheduled to ring at 5:15, and we will end the meeting at 5:15.
Ms. Santos, if you have an opening address you wish to make now, please go ahead.