Absolutely.
From the Department of Health we have the deputy minister, Dr. Stephen Lucas. From the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, we have Dr. Siddika Mithani, president. From the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, we have Dr. Michael Strong, president. From the Public Health Agency of Canada, we have Dr. Harpreet Kochhar, president, and Dr. Theresa Tam, chief public health officer.
Thank you all for taking the time to appear today.
We are going to begin with opening remarks from Minister Duclos, followed by questions for Minister Duclos. We'll defer the statements from the other witnesses until Minister Duclos has departed.
Minister Duclos, I hope you're feeling okay. I understand that you've recently been diagnosed with COVID. Thank you very much for being with us.
You now have the floor.