I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 17 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.
Welcome to our two new members, Ms. Élizabeth Brière and Mr. Randeep Sarai. We're very excited to have you here on this committee.
Good morning and welcome.
Today’s meeting is hybrid, but I understand that there are no members in the room, which is excellent. We will be enforcing strict measures if you do choose to go into the committee room at a later time. I'm glad that nobody is there today. We're all virtual, expect for Mr. Clerk. I will be keeping an eye on your physical distancing measures.
In order to ensure an orderly meeting, I would like to outline a few rules which I'm sure most of you know already. Interpretation is available to you via the interpretation selection at the bottom of your screen.
You will see the mute button and the stop video. Members should have their cameras on at all times. Only have your microphone open when you are speaking. Before speaking, please do wait until I recognize you by name to maintain order. When you're not speaking, please make sure your microphone is on mute.
A reminder to all members and witnesses that all comments should be addressed through the chair. With regard to the speaking list, Mr. Clerk and I will do our best to ensure we maintain an orderly speaking list.
You will notice the “raise hand” function, and I see Mr. Fortin has used it already, on the bottom of your screen. That will create a speaking list for me to follow. Please do use that button.
Before we begin, we need to adopt our minutes for the meeting we had last week.
Mr. Fortin, is this a point of order?