I would like to welcome our witnesses from the Department of Justice. They have come to help us answer any questions we have on the Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017.
We are joined by Mala Khanna, acting deputy assistant deputy minister, public law and legislative services sector; Jean-Charles Bélanger, deputy chief legislative counsel, legislative services branch, public law and legislative services sector; Jacqueline Yost, legislative counsel, legislative services branch, public law and legislative services sector; and Mélanie Beaudoin, legislative counsel, legislative services branch, public law and legislative services sector.
Welcome.
We were discussing how this meeting will proceed. We are ready to begin our study.
We're going to be starting with clause 1. We will come to you as any member of the committee has questions going through the list. If there are no questions and everybody is in accord, we will just approve unanimously that number. Is everybody good with that?
I notice somebody has comments. We have a vote. Are the comments necessary?