Good afternoon and welcome to the 52nd meeting of the Standing Committee on National Defence. Pursuant to the order of reference of Monday, December 6, 2010, we are going to study Bill C-41, An Act to amend the National Defence Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts.
We have here with us today Colonel Gleeson and Lieutenant-Colonel Gibson, who were also here last week.
Thank you for being with us. If we need you, it will be very useful for members.
(On clause 6)
The Bloc Québécois has suggested that we amend clause 6. That's amendment BQ-3.1.
Mr. Bachand, the floor is yours. We are then going to move to amendment NDP-1, which also deals with clause 6.