I'm happy to call to order the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security for this, our 28th meeting, as we study the national security framework.
We very much want to thank Minister Goodale for joining us today, as always. We also welcome the deputy minister, who is relatively new to the position. I believe it's your first time at our committee. You will find we're an excellent committee, as you will tell by our questioning and our knowledge of this subject.
We welcome the minister to give opening remarks. We have him here for the first hour of our meeting and officials will gather following.
Minister, you're on.