Okay, colleagues, we will resume and welcome our three witnesses for the second hour.
We have with us Paul Champ, counsel from the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group. As an individual, we have Barry Cooper, professor of political science, University of Calgary. And we have, from the Assembly of First Nations, National Chief Perry Bellegarde.
Welcome all.
Gentlemen, we are running tight on time. I recognize that we cannot ask you to change your opening remarks. That would not necessarily be fair, given that you haven't been told. In the future this committee could perhaps suggest reducing the length of opening remarks, but at this particular point, all I would ask is your courtesy in trying to make them as brief as possible.
As the chair has mentioned, the round of questioning for the first round will be split accordingly.
We will start off with Mr. Champ. You have the floor, sir, for up to 10 minutes, but preferably significantly shorter.