Good afternoon and welcome to this, the 47th meeting of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.
Today, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), we're receiving a briefing on the 2015-16 annual report of the Office of the Correctional Investigator. We are very pleased to have the correctional investigator of Canada, Mr. Howard Sapers, with us today, as well as his executive director, Ivan Zinger.
Thank you very much for making yourselves available to this committee. The committee has had a chance to look at the annual report. We want to have an opportunity both to hear about your annual report and anything you want to convey to the committee members about it, but also to give us a chance to congratulate you on your new appointment, wish you well, and wish you a safe return to Ottawa at some point in the future.
Take it away. Frankly, you have as long as you'd like, this being your swan song. We very much want to hear from you.
Just to let the committee members know, I am hoping at five o'clock to move to committee business. We have, then, an hour and a half with Mr. Sapers, and then bells at 5:15 p.m.
If that works, we'll try to move into that framework.
Mr. Sapers.