I call the meeting to order.
First of all, we have a very interesting meeting ahead of us. I believe we've been anticipating this meeting for some time. I want to thank the Department of Health for being here, also the Public Health Agency of Canada. I will be asking them to present initially.
We have Neil Yeates, assistant deputy minister from the health products and food branch; Ms. Sharma, associate director general, therapeutic product directorate, health products and food branch; and we have the Public Health Agency as well. We have Dr. Stachenko--thank you for being here--and Dr. Mao.
We appreciate your coming forward and being able to share your insight on this issue. We're talking about the study on silicone gel-filled breast implants.
We are going to ask the department, who are at the table right now, to do their quick presentation, then we're going to go to the rest of the witness panels, and we'll ask them to retreat from the table so there's room at the table for the rest.
This is a rather special meeting, and I also want to acknowledge and thank Dr. Mitchell Brown. Dr. Brown, can you hear us and see us?