I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number nine of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. Pursuant to the motion adopted on Tuesday, February 8, the committee is meeting on the review of the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons 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.
Before I begin, we're going to condense the panels slightly to two 45-minute panels. We have some housekeeping at the end of the meeting, so I'll keep 20 to 30 minutes for that at the end. Hopefully, everyone is okay with that.
I would now like to welcome our witnesses. Before I get you to start, I will give each witness group five minutes. When you're at your last 30 seconds, whether you're being asked a question or in your time, I'll show a 30-second card. When you're out of time, it will be an “out of time” card. I'm pretty generous, usually, but I will have to end the conversation. If you need to complete the answer, you can finish off your answer when you are asked another question, but be mindful of the time.
For the first panel, we have Melissa Lukings, juris doctor, author and researcher, as an individual; we have from BC Coalition of Experiential Communities, Susan Davis, director; and from the Centre for Gender and Sexual Health Equity, we have Dr. Shira Goldenberg, assistant professor, and Dr. Andrea Krüsi, assistant professor, department of medicine at UBC.
Each group will have five minutes, beginning with Melissa Lukings.