I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 124 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health.
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In accordance with our routine motion, I'm informing the committee that all remote participants have completed the required connection tests in advance of the meeting.
Colleagues, before we get started, there are a couple of housekeeping matters that we absolutely need to get cleared off today. I'm hoping we can do it expeditiously so we can get to the minister. It should be a straightforward administrative matter for study budgets.
The first budget is in the amount of $1,000 for the study we're doing today, supplementary estimates (A). That budget has been circulated. It is simply for a couple of headsets and the wonderful meal you have back there. We need to pay for that.
Is it the will of the committee to adopt the budget as presented?