Ladies and gentlemen, I see quorum, and as far as my eyesight allows, I see that it is close enough to 3:30.
We have with us Elana Finestone from the Native Women's Association, and Mr. Cudjoe from the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers.
I'll ask Mr. Cudjoe to go for the first 10 minutes, only because technology is not necessarily always trustworthy.
Colleagues, we've achieved the first element for the process today, which is to merge the two panels so that we are time efficient. I'm anticipating a lot of questions for both panellists and we may go into the second hour.
Second, I'm hoping that over the course of the two hours today, we will agree on a process going forward for the submission of amendments and picking a date for clause-by-clause.
My suggestion to Mr. Paul-Hus and Mr. Dubé has been that we have amendments done by the end of the week. I appreciate that there are some difficulties with translation, because the drafters don't deal with amendments until the bill is actually referred to the committee. This a difficulty for all parties, by the way.
If, over the course of the two hours we have together, you could indicate to me whether we can go with a motion, we won't have to have a subcommittee meeting, but if we can't agree on a motion, we will have to have a subcommittee meeting to agree on a process.
With that understanding, I'll now ask Mr. Cudjoe to make his initial presentation for 10 minutes.
Thank you, sir, for being here with us today.