Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
It is a pleasure to have you here with us at the justice and human rights committee as we resume our study of Bill C-51, an act to amend the Criminal Code and the Department of Justice Act and to make consequential amendments to another act.
I am pleased to greet our witnesses today. We're very lucky to have with us, as an individual, Ms. Breese Davies, who is a lawyer at Breese Davies Law.
Welcome, Ms. Davies. Thank you for agreeing to go at the end of the testimony so that we can make sure we get everybody on video conference before anything can happen.
We have Mr. Faisal Mirza, who is an advocacy committee member and criminal law barrister representing the South Asian Bar Association. Welcome, Mr. Mirza.
Then we have the Centre for Free Expression, at Ryerson University, represented by Prof. Lisa Taylor, who is a professor of journalism, Ms. Jamie Cameron, who is a professor of law, and Prof. James Turks, who is director and distinguished visiting professor in the faculty of communications and design. Welcome, Ms. Taylor, Ms. Cameron, and Mr. Turk.
We're going to start with Mr. Mirza. All witnesses, please try to speak to the act itself and to potential amendments to the act, and not to general principles that go far outside the act. Thank you.
Mr. Mirza, the floor is yours. You have up to 10 minutes.