Good morning, everyone. This is meeting number seven of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security, on Tuesday, October 18, 2011.
I want to remind our committee that in the final 30 minutes of our meeting we will go in camera to consider committee business and details of our pending field trip to Kingston.
Today we will continue our study of drugs and alcohol in prisons. We're studying how drugs and alcohol enter the prisons and the impact they have on the rehabilitation of offenders, on the safety of correctional officers, and on crime within our institutions.
Today two of our witnesses will join us by teleconference from Toronto, Ontario. We will hear from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. Sandy Simpson is the clinical director of the law and mental health program, and Wayne Skinner is deputy clinical director of the addictions program.
On behalf on our committee, I want to thank you for joining us this morning via teleconference. We look forward to your conference. I'd just ask if we're coming in loud and clear.