We'll bring our meeting to order.
Welcome, everybody.
This is meeting 109 of the Standing Committee on Health, and today we welcome the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Health.
I wanted to point out to you, Minister, that we put out a red carpet for you and some flags just to make sure you were welcome. That's in appreciation of your coming so early in the morning.
Along with the minister, we have, from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Adrian Mota, Associate Vice-President; from the Department of Health, Mr. Simon Kennedy, Deputy Minister; from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Mr. Paul Glover, President; and from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Dr. Theresa Tam.
Welcome back.
There's just one small change. The Liberals have asked if they could shorten their questions a little. Their first two questions will be shortened to five minutes so that Ms. Sonia Sidhu could have an opportunity to ask some questions, but they'll still have the same amount of time as before, and I'll make sure they keep in line.
Welcome to the committee, Minister, and if you have an opening statement, we'd be glad to hear it.