I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 34 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health. The committee is meeting to study the emergency situation facing Canadians in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, today we are examining Canada's national emergency response landscape.
I would like to welcome the witnesses.
As an individual, we have Dr. Amir Attaran, professor in the Faculty of Law and the School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa. From the Canadian Cardiovascular Society we have Dr. Marc Ruel, president. With the Nunavut Department of Health we have Dr. Michael Patterson, chief public health officer.
Thank you for joining us today.
I will invite the witnesses to make up to a six-minute presentation. When your time is nearly up I will give you a yellow card, and when your time is up I will show you the red card. When you see the red card, please do try to wrap up.
With that, we will start with Dr. Attaran.
Doctor, would you present your statement for six minutes, please?