Anthony Housefather at the Justice and Human Rights Committee

I would like to welcome everyone to this meeting of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

We have a distinguished panel of witnesses to hear from this morning. I would like to introduce, from the Canadian Bar Association, Sarah Lugtig, who is the chair of the access to justice committee, and Mark Power, who is the special adviser to the former French-speaking common law members. I know they're accompanied by Tamra Thomson, who's the director of legislation and law reform, even though she's not at the table. Welcome to all of you.

We have Gerald Chipeur, who is a partner at Miller Thomson LLP. We have the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, which is represented by Cara Zwibel, who is the director of fundamental freedoms program.

Welcome, all of you. We will start with the Canadian Bar Association.