Thank you.
This is the fifth meeting of the public safety committee, and we are privileged to have Minister Blair with us for the the next two hours to talk about his mandate letter. I particularly appreciate his willingness to make himself available to members.
He's going to open with a statement and then we are going to go directly to questions. We might take a very short break and then go on to the second hour and do a second round of questions.
Minister Blair, you clearly need no introduction at this committee. You're welcome and we look forward to your opening statement.