Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Standing Committee on Health. We're very pleased to have you here today.
Today each one of you will have five minutes to present. Following that, we'll go into a seven-minute Q and A, and I'll be very strict on the time because we do have another hour in which we're going into another piece of business that has to be done.
We have with us Dr. Jocelyn Downie. She's a Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy and a Professor in the Faculties of Law and Medicine. Welcome, Doctor.
We also have, from the Université de Montréal, Dr. Jean Rouleau, and he's from the Faculty of Medicine. Welcome, sir.
From the University of Toronto, we have Dr. Trudo Lemmens, Associate Professor, Faculties of Law and Medicine. Welcome, Dr. Lemmens.
From BIOTECanada, we have Mr. Peter Brenders, President and Chief Executive Officer. Welcome to you as well.
We will begin with Dr. Jocelyn Downie.