Thank you, Mr. Thériault.
We're currently adjusting and hopefully this will be resolved soon.
All right. I think perhaps I will reread the opening until you tell me that everything is okay, and then we'll pick up where we left off.
This is meeting number 55 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health. Today we're meeting for an hour and a half with witnesses in our study of children's health, and then for approximately 30 minutes at the end of today's meeting, we will be in camera so that we can plan for the coming weeks. Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format pursuant to the House order of June 23, 2022.
I will now make a few comments that have become all too familiar for the members but maybe less so for our witnesses.
We have a couple of witnesses on Zoom today. For interpretation, you have the choice at the bottom of your screen of either floor, English or French audio.
Dr. McLaughlin, you can use the earpiece and just pick the desired channel.
Screenshots and taking photos of your screen are not permitted. The proceedings today will be broadcast on the House of Commons website.
As required by our routine motion, I want to inform the committee that all connection tests were done before the meeting and everything is fine in that regard.
I would now like to welcome the witnesses who are with us this afternoon.
We have Dr. Andrew Lynk, chair of the department of pediatrics in the faculty of medicine, Dalhousie University. Dr. Lynk is also the chief of pediatrics at the IWK Health Centre and past president of the Canadian Paediatric Society and Pediatric Chairs of Canada. He is joining us via video conference.
We have with us in the room Dr. Tom McLaughlin, pediatrician and clinical assistant professor at the University of British Columbia. Joining us by video conference is Professor Bruce Verchere, from the departments of surgery and pathology and laboratory medicine at the University of British Columbia.
Thank you all for taking the time to be with us today. Each of you has up to five minutes for an opening statement. We're going to begin with Dr. Lynk.
Welcome to the committee, Dr. Lynk. You now have the floor.