Good afternoon, colleagues and guests. We'll call the 22nd meeting of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security to order today. Our order of business today will be to discuss the main estimates for the public safety portfolio.
We have a number of witnesses with us today. Of course, we certainly welcome The Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Public Safety, and of course we're so very pleased as well to have a number of department heads and senior people with various departments today. I'll just introduce them in no particular order here.
We have, from the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, François Guimont, deputy minister; from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Commissioner Bob Paulson; from Canada Border Services Agency, the president, Luc Portelance; from the Correctional Service of Canada, Commissioner Don Head; from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, the director, Michel Coulombe; from the Parole Board of Canada, Harvey Cenaiko, chairperson; and from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Public Complaints Commission, Mr. Ian McPhail, the interim chair.
So thank you, one and all, for coming here today. Obviously, we will have a vote on the estimates at the conclusion of our dialogue with our witnesses today, but right off the bat we will go to the minister.
Mr. Blaney, you have the floor for a few minutes for a presentation. After that, we will open up to questions from the committee members.