I understand that, but Mr. Virani has moved to adjourn debate on that motion. It's a dilatory motion, so that means there is no debate after the motion has been moved and I, as chair, must call the vote right away. If the motion is defeated, then obviously we'll continue to debate your motion.
(Motion agreed to: yeas 6; nays 5)
The motion carries, and debate on Monsieur Fortin's motion is adjourned until a later time.
It is now my pleasure to introduce our witnesses from the Department of Justice and the Department for Women and Gender Equality. From the Department of Justice we have Nathalie Levman, who is senior counsel in the criminal law policy section of the policy sector; Stéphanie Bouchard, senior legal counsel and director; and Claire Farid, director and general counsel.
From the Department for Women and Gender Equality we have Lisa Smylie, who is director general of the research, results and delivery branch.
Welcome to the witnesses.
We will have two opening statements of five minutes each and then we'll go into our round of questions.
We'll start with the Department of Justice.