I call this meeting to order.
Welcome, everyone, to meeting number 42 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security. We will start by acknowledging that we are meeting on the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin people.
Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the House order of November 25, 2021. Members are attending in person in the room and remotely using the Zoom application.
Pursuant to the order of reference of Thursday, June 23, 2022, the committee is resuming consideration of Bill C-21, an act to amend certain acts and to make certain consequential amendments (firearms).
Today we have two panels of witnesses. For the first hour, we have witnesses by video conference.
We will first welcome Pierre Brochet, president of the Association des directeurs de police du Québec.
We will also hear from Evan Bray, co‑chair of the special purpose committee on firearms of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police.
Lastly, we will hear Brian Sauvé, president of the National Police Federation.
We will give each group up to five minutes for opening remarks, after which we will proceed with rounds of questions.