Good afternoon.
Welcome to the committee. We're very pleased to have you here today.
We have before us, pursuant to Standing Orders 110 and 111, the order in council appointment of Bernard Michel Prigent to the position of member of the governing council of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, referred to the committee on October 21, 2009.
Welcome, Dr. Prigent.
We also have here today, from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Dr. Alain Beaudet. We're very pleased to have you here.
We ask that you make your presentations, but prior to that, Ms. Wasylycia-Leis has asked for a point of order to be addressed.