I call the meeting back to order.
Before we begin, I would like to say a few words on parliamentary privilege in the context of our study of Bill C-16, the protecting victims act, which, as you know, could raise sensitive issues, personal matters or even legal matters involving the witnesses appearing before us.
It is well established in Canadian law that parliamentary proceedings, which includes the deliberations of this committee, are covered by the parliamentary privilege of freedom of speech. This most fundamental and ancient right protects parliamentarians and witnesses appearing before committees for anything said in the course of parliamentary proceedings. Any comments made during today's meeting cannot be used in a legal action against the person who made them or to attack that person's credibility in a court of law.
That said, parliamentary privilege does not apply if the comments are repeated or reproduced outside of this committee's proceedings. Anyone wishing to consult today's proceedings should be directed to the committee's official website.
On that note, we are pleased to be joined by Kendra Cooke, as an individual.
From the Ontario Child Sexual Exploitation Investigators Association, we have Andrew Ullock, board chair, and Lisa Henderson, a member.
From the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, we have Angela Marinos, chief general counsel.
Thank you to all of our witnesses for joining us.
Each individual or group will be given up to five minutes to make opening remarks, and then we will open the floor to questions.
Ms. Cooke, I'll start with you.