Welcome friends. I'm calling to order the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security, our 63rd meeting in the 42nd Parliament.
Pursuant to the order of reference on March 6, 2017, this is a consideration of Bill C-23, An Act respecting the preclearance of persons and goods in Canada and the United States.
This is our second meeting on Bill C-23. On Monday, as you remember, we had the minister introduce the bill, as well as officials here to ask questions. We are now continuing with witnesses for three meetings.
Welcome, Mr. Arnold, to your first time at public safety committee. We are sure you'll enjoy the experience.
Because there is a strong possibility of bells ringing at about a quarter to four for a 30-minute bell, until 4:15, and because our witnesses from the BC Civil Liberties Association have a plane to catch at 6:10, I'm going to suggest we do a couple of different things today. We'll hear from them first for their 10-minute presentation, and then we'll have questions for them. I'm hoping you'll give me five extra minutes into the 30-minute bell so we have time for questions. Then we will suspend the meeting for the vote.
I apologize to our other guests. We will be back immediately following the vote, which should be about 4:25. We'll be gone for about 35 or 40 minutes in that time. You're welcome to come and watch us vote. It's pretty exciting.
We begin with Josh Paterson and Meghan McDermott, as well as Andrea van Vugt.
Thank you for coming and joining us.