We'll call our meeting to order. We're continuing our study on the national pharmacare program. We have some interesting witnesses today, as we always do.
From the Department of Health, we have Sony Perron, senior assistant deputy minister, first nations and Inuit health branch; and Mr. Scott Doidge, director general, non-insured health benefits, first nations and Inuit health branch. We have from the Office of the Auditor General of Canada, Mr. Michael Ferguson, Auditor General of Canada, and we have Dawn Campbell, director from the Office of the Auditor General. From the Department of Veterans Affairs, by videoconference, we have Michel Doiron, assistant deputy minister, service delivery branch; Elizabeth Douglas, director general, service delivery and program management; and Fiona Jones, in addition.
We're going to start with the witnesses from the Department of Health. Mr. Perron, would you like to start? We have 10 minutes for opening statements and then we have a round of seven-minute questions, and then a round of five-minute questions.
Would you like to start your presentation, if you have an opening statement?