I want to welcome you all to the health committee today.
We're pleased to have you here to present this morning, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the study of the examination of Health Canada's development of new regulations for tobacco packaging warning labels.
From the Department of Health, we have Paul Glover, assistant deputy minister. Welcome again, Paul. So nice to see you here. Cathy Sabiston is director general. Welcome, Cathy. And Jane Hazel is director general. Welcome.
From the Government of Nova Scotia, we have Dr. Robert Strang, chief public health officer. It's very nice to have you here at committee, Dr. Strang. And we have Steve Machat, manager of tobacco control, chronic disease and injury prevention. It's very nice to have you here. Welcome.
We will have 10-minute presentations, and we will begin with Mr. Glover.