I'm not sure he was even born.
Also, with Minister Virani, we have officials assisting us today.
Thank you for being here.
We have with us Shalene Curtis-Micallef, Deputy Minister and Deputy Attorney General of Canada; Michael Sousa, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy Sector; Bill Kroll, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Deputy Minister, Management Sector; and Elizabeth Hendy, Director General, Programs Branch, Policy Sector.
Welcome to you all.
Thank you all for being with us today.
We will do the normal round of questioning and I will call witnesses.
Before we start, I want to say to the minister and his department that the letter was received from Nova Scotia Legal Aid thanking us for the support of a project for supporting racialized inmates incarcerated in federal and provincial correctional institutions in Nova Scotia. I want to put that on record.
Minister, you're ready to make a statement first. Please proceed.