Secondly, I'd like to say what a pleasure it is to have members of the Department of Justice in front of us as we come back, after quite a while, to our study on legal aid as part of our access to justice study.
I'd like to welcome Donald Piragoff, who has been here multiple times already this year. He is the senior assistant deputy minister in the policy sector. Elizabeth Hendy is also here again. She is director general for the programs branch in the policy sector. Welcome back.
I am pleased to welcome Hana Hruska for the first time, at least while I've been chair. She is the legal aid director for the programs branch in the policy sector.
I am also very pleased to welcome the representatives of Statistics Canada, Mr. Yvan Clermont, director of the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, and Ms. Josée Savoie, chief of the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics.
We will begin with Mr. Piragoff's testimony.
Mr. Piragoff, we'll go over to you, sir.