Welcome, everyone. We are now in public.
We are pleased to welcome the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, the Honourable Arif Virani, to our committee for the first time.
Minister, welcome.
With the minister are the following from the Department of Justice: Shalene Curtis-Micallef, deputy minister and deputy attorney general of Canada; Matthew Taylor, who's been here a number of times before, general counsel and director of the criminal law policy section; and Joanna Wells, acting senior counsel, criminal law policy.
Thank you very much.
Again, welcome.
Minister, you are with us for an hour today. You have the floor for 10 minutes. As usual, you can begin with your opening remarks, which will be followed by questions from the members.
The floor is yours.