We'll call our meeting to order. Welcome, everybody, to the 89th meeting of the Standing Committee on Health.
Today, we're starting a new study on Bill S-5, an act to amend the Tobacco Act and the Non-smokers' Health Act and to make consequential amendments to other acts.
It looks as though our witnesses today have brought lots of homework for us. From Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada, we have Neil Collishaw, research director. From the Canadian Cancer Society, we have Rob Cunningham, senior policy analyst. From the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, we have Lesley James, senior manager, health policy. As an individual, we have Dr. Gaston Ostiguy, chest physician, associate professor and past director of the smoking cessation clinic, McGill University.
Welcome, everyone. We'll ask each of you to make an opening statement of no more than 10 minutes and then we'll go to questions. We'll start with Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada.