Thank you for taking time to be with us at what I know is a very busy time for you in your important work.
I want to start by asking this. We know that the pandemic has affected different groups of people differently. I'm thinking particularly about indigenous communities, people with disabilities and other groups. I'd like your reflections on how public health orders might present unique or different barriers to different populations who are already struggling with the pandemic in different ways. Over the course of the elections in your respective jurisdictions, were there any problems that came up that you hadn't anticipated, or were there best practices or solutions that you found to particular barriers that you'd like to share with the committee as part of our study?
We could start with Dr. Shahab and then go to Dr. Russell and Dr. Werker, if she'd like to contribute as well.