Welcome to the health committee. It's a pleasure to see everybody again this morning, and a special pleasure to have our guests here.
Pursuant to Standing Order 81(5), we have supplementary estimates (B) 2010-11: votes 1b, 5b, 10b, 20b, 25b, and 40b under Health, referred to the committee on Thursday, November 4, 2010.
We have our witnesses with us. From the Department of Health, we have Glenda Yeates, deputy minister, and Germain Tremblay, chief financial officer. Welcome.
From the Public Health Agency of Canada, we have Dr. David Butler-Jones, chief public health officer, and James Libbey, chief financial officer.
We are expecting, from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Alain Beaudet, president, and James Roberge, chief financial officer.
We will begin now, because we need to get our meeting on the way. I'm sure Mr. Beaudet will be joining us in a timely manner.
We'll begin with the Public Health Agency of Canada. Dr. David Butler-Jones.