We'll call meeting number 78 of the Standing Committee on Health to order.
We're very pleased to have you here as witnesses. We're looking forward to your testimony. Hopefully you can help us find our way through this antimicrobial study.
Our guests today include, from the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association, Dr. Duane Landals, chair of the prudent use guidelines expert advisory group. We have from the Chicken Farmers of Canada Mr. Steve Leech, national program manager, food safety and animal welfare. From the National Farmed Animal Health and Welfare Council we have Mr. Robert McNabb, co-chair. As an individual, we have Dr. Scott McEwen, professor at the Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph.
I welcome you all. We're going to ask each of you to make an opening statement of a maximum of 10 minutes. Then we'll go to questions from our members. Hopefully, we'll learn a lot from you today. I'm sure we will.
We'll start with Dr. Landals.