I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 69 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108, the committee is meeting to study the subject matter of the main estimates for 2023-24.
Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the House order of June 23, 2022. Members are attending in person in the room and remotely using the Zoom application. As all members have previously used this, I will not go through the Zoom procedures.
I would like to inform the members that, since the main estimates were deemed reported to the House, at the latest, on May 31, and per Standing Order 81(4), their order of reference is no longer in front of the committee. We are still able to study the subject matter of the main estimates, but we can't vote on the various items under the Department of Justice.
I would now like to welcome our first witness. Appearing today is the Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada. Welcome.
Before he begins, I also want to mention that we have Shalene Curtis-Micallef, deputy minister and deputy attorney general of Canada; Michael Sousa, senior assistant deputy minister, policy sector; and Bill Kroll, chief financial officer and assistant deputy minister, management sector. Welcome.
Do we have Elizabeth Hendy? Is she online? Maybe not.
The floor is yours, Minister. You have 10 minutes for opening remarks and, as usual, questions from the members.