Good morning, everyone. We are in meeting number 12 of the new session. We're going to be dealing with the order of reference that was sent to committee from the House of Commons on November 4 to undertake the study of Bill C-16, An Act to amend the National Defence Act (military judges).
As a witness this morning, for the first hour, we have Colonel Michael Gibson, Deputy Judge Advocate General--Military Justice.
Colonel, if you would please make your opening comments and give us background on the bill, we'd appreciate that.