I'd like to bring the committee back into session.
Welcome to this meeting of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.
We have the great pleasure of welcoming our very distinguished witnesses today.
I would like to welcome Maître Eric Maldoff, who is a long-standing pillar of Quebec's English-speaking community and who will be testifying.
I'd like to welcome two other pillars of the community, Kathleen Tansey, who is the vice-president of the board of directors of the Court Challenges Program of Canada, and Frank Verrillo, who is a board member and a former school board commissioner.
It gives me great pleasure to see all of you and to welcome you to this committee, and I know all of the members join me in welcoming you.
I'm going to turn now to Mr. Maldoff to start.