Good afternoon. My name is Dawn Black, and I'm from the New Democratic Party, the only one from that party on the committee. My riding is in beautiful British Columbia, on the west coast, on the Pacific. I represent New Westminster--Coquitlam. In terms of armed forces, we have a very old and proud regiment there, the Royal Westminster Regiment, which is a militia regiment. I welcome you all here; I think we can have an interesting dialogue about the different ways. As another aside, I have traveled to South Africa as well. Welcome.
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