Thank you, Madam Chairperson.
I'd like to request unanimous consent from the committee to deal with the motion before you today. It has, of course, to do with the swine influenza, and it provides a mechanism whereby the health committee could be involved when the situation demands that kind of committee collaboration. I say when it demands; I mean, in fact, that right now we are having regular briefings from the government, from the Public Health Agency of Canada, and the communication has been good. We've been in the loop--and that's on an all-party basis--with daily meetings. We also know that the Public Health Agency of Canada has been effectively dealing with the issues and is certainly following its mandate of providing ongoing surveillance around the swine influenza and coordination of the necessary public health response.
My suggestion is that we empower the chair to convene meetings as necessary on an emergency basis as this issue progresses and as we receive more information or requests from the Public Health Agency of Canada.