I'd like to bring this meeting to order. This is the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security, meeting number 8, and we are continuing our study of Bill C-3, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (certificate and special advocate) and to make a consequential amendment to another Act.
We really appreciate our witnesses coming on such very short notice. Some of you have made a great effort to be here. We appreciate it very much and we thank you.
I am not sure if you have discussed who would like to go first. You will go in the same order.
I'll ask you to introduce yourselves. We'll begin with Amnesty International Canada. Then we'll move to the Canadian Arab Federation, and the third presenter will be the Human Rights Watch representative, Ms. Julia Hall.
You each may have 10 minutes approximately. We're not going to bring the gavel down too quickly on you, but make your opening remarks, and then the usual practice at this committee is to go around and give every member an opportunity to make comments and ask questions.
Welcome once again. Please introduce yourselves, and you may begin.