I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 91 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health. Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the Standing Orders.
I have a few reminders for the folks participating on Zoom. Click your microphone icon to activate your mike, and mute yourself when you're not speaking. For interpretation, you have the choice, at the bottom of your screen, of floor, English or French. Screenshots or photos taken of your screen are not permitted.
In accordance with our routine motion, I am 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 May 16, 2022, the committee is beginning its study of women's health, at long last.
Before we begin, I would like to welcome the officials who are with us today. We have quite a number of them.
From the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, we have Dr. Tammy Clifford, acting president, and Dr. Angela Kaida, scientific director, institute of gender and health, participating via video conference. From the Department of Health, we have Ed Morgan, director general, policy, planning and international affairs directorate; Cindy Moriarty, director general, health programs and strategic initiatives; and Suki Wong, director general, mental health directorate.
From the Public Health Agency of Canada, we welcome Annie Comtois, Executive Director of the Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Equity, Shannon Hurley, Associate Director General of the Centre for Mental Health and Well-Being, and Mark Nafekh, Director General of the Centre for Health Promotion.
Thank you all for taking the time to appear.
We're ready for opening statements of five minutes or less. We're going to begin with the Department of Health.
Who's doing the speaking for the Department of Health?
Ms. Moriarty, thank you for being with us. I understand you're a little under the weather and that there were some near-heroic measures taken to accommodate that. We're glad to see you here.
You have the floor for the next five minutes.