Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to convene this meeting of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.
I would like to start by asking our witnesses to pardon us for being late today. Unfortunately, this is a day when all members of Parliament from all parties are very pained, as we've lost our colleague Arnold Chan. We were paying tribute to him in the House.
One thing that Arnold always said was that parliamentary decorum, caring about your colleagues, and being non-partisan was something that was very important, and I think this committee hopefully is a testament to that. We all get along very well, and I know that will continue.
Today I'd like to welcome Mr. Rankin back to the committee to replace Mr. MacGregor.