Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for joining us this morning.
We are here at the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, meeting number seven.
The orders today are pursuant to Standing Order 81(5), supplementary estimates (B) 2013-14. Votes 1b, 5b, 35b, and 50b, which are listed in the supplementary estimates (B) under Justice, were referred to this committee on Thursday, November 7, 2013.
We are fortunate to have the Minister of Justice with us this morning, the Honourable Peter MacKay, to open up the discussion.
The floor is yours, Minister.