Good afternoon, everyone.
This is meeting number 39 of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security, on Thursday May 10, 2012. Today we are continuing our consideration of Bill C-350, An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (accountability of offenders).
Our first witnesses today are appearing by video conference from Winnipeg, Manitoba. We have the Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Inc., with Grand Chief David Harper and Michael Anderson, the director of the natural resources secretariat.
They are not there yet, but we also have here, appearing as an individual, Mr. Steve Sullivan.
We welcome you to our committee, Mr. Sullivan.
He is the former Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime.
Let me just say that you have a very tough act to follow, Mr. Sullivan, because we had the current victims commissioner here, and she did a remarkable job. You can pass that on to her.
We do welcome you here and we look forward to your testimony.
I see that we do have some action there in Winnipeg now.
We want to welcome you. Can you hear us in Winnipeg?