I call the meeting to order. This is the fifth meeting of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security. We are here, as I believe you all know, to deal with the statutory review under section 13 of the DNA Identification Act.
I want to welcome our witnesses here this morning. We have Mr. Ronald Fourney, director of national services and research for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Good morning, sir.
We also have, from the National DNA Data Bank Advisory Committee, the chairperson, Richard Bergman, and the member....
When you're called Peter Cory, I can't, as a lawyer, call you Peter; I have to call you former Justice Cory, formerly of the Supreme Court of Canada. Welcome to our committee, Justice Cory.
From the Department of Justice we have David Bird and Greg Yost, who are legal counsel for the Department of Justice.
Our procedure would be to hear from our witnesses first, and then we have a procedure of questioning by members. Some of you, I'm sure, are familiar with our operations. I understand that each of you will have something to say and that you've organized yourselves as to the order of presentation.
I believe, Mr. Fourney, you are going to lead off or tell us how you're going to present your evidence.