Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for being so prompt today. It's very much appreciated.
We have business that we need to do today. For the first hour, I would like to welcome the Minister of Health, the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq.
It's so nice to have you here, Minister, to present and to answer questions. The committee is quite looking forward to listening to you today. Welcome.
Following the hour of the minister's presentation and the questions, we will then have the departmental officials stay and you'll be able to ask all the questions you want at that time.
Committee, please be aware that at 5:15 we're going to sit in camera to discuss some future business. There was a request to do this so that we could be organized for the next meeting.
Having said that, I would like to ask our minister to make a 10-minute presentation. Then we will open up for questions. Thank you.