I call our meeting to order. I want to welcome our guests.
I want to welcome Ms. Kwan as the replacement for Don Davies. I want to thank our vice-chair for chairing the last couple of meetings. I appreciate your co-operation there. I also want to thank you for tabling that petition yesterday in the interest of seniors.
Now, we're going to continue our study on opioids and the opioid crisis. We have some guests this morning. They're going to make presentations. Each party has 10 minutes for an opening statement, then we'll switch to questions.
First of all, I'm going to introduce the Canadian Medical Association and Dr. Jeff Blackmer, vice-president of medical professionalism. We also have the Canadian Pharmacists Association with Alistair Bursey, chair of the board. We have Réjean Leclerc, the president of the Montreal-Laval paramedics' association. I want to thank you all for coming.
We have the Vancouver Fire Fighters' Union Local 18. Chris Coleman's a firefighter, and Lee Lax is a firefighter. Thank you very much for coming.
We'll start with the Canadian Medical Association. You have 10 minutes.