We'll get started. Thank you very much for coming to meeting number 66 of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.
Pursuant to the order of reference of Wednesday, June 20, 2012, we are discussing Bill C-394, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the National Defence Act (criminal organization recruitment).
Ladies and gentlemen, we have an hour's worth of questions and presentations from three different groups, three different witnesses. Then we will suspend for a few minutes while we switch over, and we will do clause-by-clause after that. We have eight amendments. We will talk about those when the time comes.
First of all, we have Minister Andrew Swan, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General for the Government of Manitoba.
Thank you very much for coming.
From the Winnipeg Police Association we have George VanMackelbergh.
Thank you very much.
From the Boys and Girls Clubs we have Rachel Gouin and Marlene Deboisbriand.
We'll start in the order that I've introduced you.
Minister Swan, you are first to speak, for 10 minutes, please.