I call this meeting to order. Welcome to meeting number 63 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health.
Today we will start the study of the oversight of medical devices (breast implants) registry with a briefing from departmental officials during the first hour. We will then proceed to committee business in camera during the second hour.
In accordance with our routine motion, I'm informing the committee that all remote participants have completed their required connection tests.
For the benefit of our panel, I want to make you aware that we have a convention in the committee that the member might interrupt you if you give an answer that's longer than the question. If you get a short question, please try to give a short answer. There is some flexibility, but I want to make you aware that it's how we operate here.
Today we have from Health Canada, David Boudreau, director general, medical devices directorate, health products and food branch; from Canada Health Infoway, Abigail Carter-Langford, chief privacy and security officer; and from the Canadian Institute for Health Information, Juliana Wu, director, acute and ambulatory care information services.
Thank you for being with us today as we embark on this study.
We're going to start with you, Mr. Boudreau. You have five minutes for an opening statement. The floor is yours.