I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 12 of the House of the Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.
Pursuant to the order of Thursday, March 31, the committee is meeting to study Bill C-5, an act to amend the Criminal Code and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.
Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the House order of November 25, 2021. Members are attending in person in the room and remotely using the Zoom application. The proceedings will be made available via the House of Commons website.
I would like to welcome our witnesses to the committee's first meeting with witnesses appearing in person since we started this parliamentary session.
We have here in person two witnesses from Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Eric Dumschat and Steve Sullivan. We have, from the Canadian Bar Association, Jody Berkes and Tony Paisana. They are appearing virtually. From the South Asian Bar Association of Toronto, we have Janani Shanmuganathan, director. I think her camera is probably off, but she's there, I believe.
Each one of you will have five minutes as a group; you can split it among your team. Afterwards there will be rounds of questions.
I will give you and the questioners a 30-second warning signal, and then I will give an “out of time”. I try to be as liberal as possible in that respect.
It's now over to you. We'll begin with The Canadian Bar Association.