Good morning, everyone.
Pursuant to the order of reference of Friday, November 2, 2018, and the motion adopted by the committee on Tuesday, November 20, 2018, the committee is resuming its study of M-192, on episodic disabilities.
Today, the committee will be hearing from witnesses, but before that, I have a quick announcement. The vice-chairman of the China Disabled Persons' Federation and the ambassador of China to Canada have expressed interest in meeting with members of this committee. The Canada-China Legislative Association is hosting this meeting on Thursday at 10:55 a.m. in room 8-53, 131 Queen. I will be attending, and I invite any members of the committee to join.
Appearing as an individual today we have Michael Prince, Professor of Social Policy, Faculty of Human and Social Development, University of Victoria. Welcome back, sir. We also have John Stapleton, Principal, Open Policy. Welcome.
From the Disability Tax Fairness Alliance, we have Lembi Buchanan, Founding Member. Welcome.
From the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, we have Patrycia Rzechowka, Ambassador and Spokesperson.
From Neurological Health Charities Canada, we have Deanna Groetzinger, Manager, and Deborah Lovagi, Representative.
Thank you to all of you. You're each going to start with seven-minute opening statements. Don't panic if you go too long. I'll just wave at you politely, but you don't have to stop immediately. You just need to wrap up your comments.
We're going to start this morning with Michael Prince. The next seven minutes are all yours, sir.