Thank you, Mr. McKinnon.
Hello, everyone. I'm Barbara Coates. I'm the executive director of the Dan's Legacy Foundation. I'm joining you today with my colleague, Tom Littlewood. We thank you for this invitation to speak to the committee.
I'm Zooming in with you from Delta, British Columbia, which is on the traditional and unceded territory of the Tsawwassen and Musqueam first nations. Mr. Littlewood is joining us from Coquitlam, which is in Mr. McKinnon's riding and is, of course, the traditional and unceded territory of the Kwikwetlem First Nation.
My colleague, Mr. Littlewood, is a psychologist with over 45 years' experience in working with youth at risk in the community, and we're here today to offer both our testimony on how the coronavirus pandemic has affected the opioid crisis here in Metro Vancouver and our recommendations for harm prevention solutions.
I'd like to turn it over to Mr. Littlewood now.
Thank you.