I call to order the 13th meeting of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. Today we're going to deal with, as the order of the day, the order of reference of Monday, October 21, 2013, the statutory review of part XVII of the Criminal Code.
We have witnesses from the Department of Justice and from the Public Prosecution Service of Canada. This is a return visit. They were here last May, so it has been a while.
We have sent out letters to the provinces asking for their response and have received six back. I don't really expect any more at this point. The deadline is well past.
We appreciate your coming today. You may want to do a quick review for us, if you have an opening statement. Then there will be questions. I'm assuming you have copies of the letters from the provinces, so you may be able to comment on them. We'll go from there.
The floor is for whoever is speaking on behalf of the Department of Justice.
Michel, are you speaking?