I call the meeting to order.
Good afternoon, everyone.
This is meeting number 23 of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security on Thursday, February 9, 2012. This afternoon we're beginning our study on an agreed-to topic from our first meeting of this year.
I'll read that motion for members. It was agreed that “the Committee undertake a study, for no less than eight meetings, of the use of electronic monitoring in both a corrections and conditional release setting, as well as an immigration enforcement setting, with a view to determining effectiveness, cost efficiency, and implementation readiness”.
In our first hour today, our witness is appearing by video conference from Glasgow in the United Kingdom. Appearing as an individual is Mr. Mike Nellis, emeritus professor of criminal and community justice at the University of Strathclyde School of Law.
I understand, sir, that you have an opening statement in regard to our motion and our topic. We welcome you to make your statement at this time. That will be followed, if it is all right with you, with a couple of rounds of questions from all three political parties represented here.
Welcome, sir. You can begin your opening statement.