Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
I want to welcome all our guests to committee today. It is indeed a pleasure to have you here. We're certainly looking forward to your insightful comments on this very important topic. I was noting the fact that we've never had this topic at the national health committee for Canada, so I think we're breaking new ground here today. This is great.
Before we start the meeting, I want to adopt the budget for this afternoon's briefing on sodium. A copy of the proposed budget has been distributed to the members of this committee. The motion states that the proposed budget in the amount of $16,500 for the briefing on sodium consumption in the Canadian diet be adopted. Do I have agreement?
(Motion agreed to)
Thank you.
We're going to begin right now. We have quite a complete panel today, so we're going to ask that the presentations be for five minutes each just so we can cover everybody. The clerk has informed me that because of the number of people presenting, we do have to do it that way.
We will start with the witnesses from Blood Pressure Canada and begin with Dr. Norman Campbell, president.