Thank you, Ms. Murray.
Okay, I think we're clear on that:
However, the ministers have refused to appear before the committee and no other date has been provided by the ministers.
(Amendment negatived)
Now let's go back to the original motion.
(Motion as amended agreed to)
Now we're going to go on to the presentations. We have our guests here, and I would like to get into the presentations and into the questions and answers.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the study on the cancellation of the HIV vaccine manufacturing facility under the Canadian HIV vaccine initiative, we have two witnesses this morning. We have by video conference from Winnipeg, from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Dr. Frank Plummer, the scientific director general, National Microbiology Laboratory.
Welcome, Dr. Plummer. We're very pleased to have you here this morning. Can you hear me, Dr. Plummer?