Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to welcome you to this meeting of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. The purpose of this part of the meeting is to review the supplementary estimates (C) 2015-16.
We are very pleased to welcome some witnesses from the Department of Justice. I'd like to welcome William Pentney, the deputy minister of justice and deputy attorney general of Canada; Monsieur Pierre Legault, the associate deputy minister; Donald K. Piragoff, the senior assistant deputy minister of the public sector; and Marie-Josée Thivierge, the assistant deputy minister and chief financial officer.
I would like to turn it over to you. Welcome to our committee.