Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
It's certainly a unique experience for me to be at a committee questioning witnesses on the bill that I introduced. I want to thank all of my colleagues for their unanimous support of this bill at its second reading.
I also want to thank each of the witnesses who are with us today for their opening statements. I think it's really important for us to hear the personal stories that are behind lots of these things. I really appreciate how you're helping guide this committee through its study of this legislation.
Ms. Breese Biagioni, I'll start with you, given that you are my constituent. Thank you for sharing how personal this issue is for you. I do well remember back in 2018 when we had that meeting. I believe you had just come from a conference called Heads Together. One of the recommendations from that was the establishment of a national strategy on brain injuries. That was the idea that led us to where we are today.
I wanted to ask you this. When you look at all of the ways that provinces and the federal government could tackle this issue, why is it important to you that we actually put in a legislative requirement for a national strategy? Why did that strike you as being an important item for the Parliament of Canada to address?