Thank you, Mrs. Chair.
First, I want to thank you for being here this morning. Your testimonies are extremely important. Even if we do not always understand why the government wanted to change this, I believe that your statements throw even more light on the usefulness of this major component of the census for scientists as well as for social organizations.
My first question is for Mr. Neudorf. You started by saying that, in order to do any prevention work, since healthcare is not only a matter of healing but also of prevention, steps have to be taken for people to be able to live in healthy environments. I would like to hear more about that.
You specifically referred to the fact that First Nations and Métis are underrepresented with this questionnaire. Could you tell us more about this?
Mrs. Taillon, you stated that not having this kind of data would jeopardize the health of our children. There may be a link between those two issues.
I would like both of you to give us more information about this, but very briefly since Mrs. Beaudin also has a few questions for you.