Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to this meeting of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights as we resume our study of Bill S-217, an act to amend the Criminal Code (detention in custody), otherwise known as Wynn's law.
First of all, I want to apologize to our witnesses. As you know we had votes, which caused us to be late. We very much want to hear from you and want to give you as much time as we can. I apologize profusely for that, and hopefully we'll be able to get through today's meeting without more votes that will interrupt. At least, we can always hope.
I'd like to welcome Cheryl Webster, an associate professor at the University of Ottawa. She is accompanied by Tony Doob, a professor at the University of Toronto. We are welcoming Nancy Irving, a barrister and solicitor, and Jay Cameron, who is also a barrister and solicitor, representing the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms.
I very much appreciate the witnesses being here. To give you as much time as possible, I'd like to move straight over to you. We're going to start with Ms. Webster and Mr. Doob. The floor is yours.