I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 141 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health.
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.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted on November 8, 2023, the committee is resuming its study of the opioid epidemic and toxic drug crisis in Canada.
I'd like to welcome our panel of witnesses. We have with us in the room Jennifer and John Hedican and, online, Dr. Marc Vogel, chief physician, division of substance use disorders, University of Basel Psychiatric Clinics. Also by video conference, we have Kim Brière-Charest, project director on psychoactive substances for l'Association pour la Santé Publique du Québec, and Marianne Dessureault, attorney and head of legal affairs for the association. Also with us in the room is Thai Truong, chief of police for the London Police Service.
Thanks to all of you for being with us. We're going to begin with your opening statements of up to five minutes in length.
We're going to start with the Hedicans.
Mr. and Mrs. Hedican, welcome to the committee. You have the floor.