Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to meeting nine of the Legislative Committee on Bill C-30.
We will be hearing from three organizations this afternoon. First, we have the Asthma Society of Canada, which is represented by Mr. Rob Peacock, Vice-President of advancement, and Ms. Oxana Latycheva, Vice-President of the Asthma Control Program.
From the Canadian Lung Association we have Kenneth Maybee, vice-president of environmental issues, backed up by Barbara MacKinnon, director of environmental research from the New Brunswick Lung Association.
And lastly, from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, we have Stephen Samis, Director of Health Policy.
Welcome to all the witnesses. We'll give you each about 10 minutes for some opening remarks and then open it up to questions from members of the committee.
We'll start with the Asthma Society of Canada. Mr. Peacock, the floor is yours for 10 minutes or so.