Order, please.
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the health committee. It's so good to see you.
We have with us some very well-informed guests. We thank you for coming.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), study of health human resources, which is a very important study we've been doing here, we have witnesses from the Canadian Alliance of Community Health Centre Associations. Jack McCarthy is the chairperson. From the College of Family Physicians of Canada we have Dr. John Maxted, associate executive director of health and public policy. Welcome, Dr. Maxted. From the Local Health Integration Network we have Mr. Gary Switzer, chief executive officer, Erie St. Clair.
We will start with Mr. McCarthy, please.