Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to our two guests, Dr. Crowcroft and Dr. de Villa.
I also want to thank the chair for bringing to the attention of both of our guests the fact that March 24 has been designated as World Tuberculosis Day or TB awareness day. Just to let you know, I am proudly wearing my pin. I wore it in the House today during question period as well.
I am actually going to talk to you a little bit about that. I've noticed that in the information you've brought along, which I have in front of me, you were talking about TB, as were you, Dr. de Villa. I'll let you know that after I was elected on May 2, I received letters and so forth from constituents, and there was a common thread with people who were concerned about TB and about new immigrants or people coming into the country and having TB spread throughout Canada.
World TB Day statistics say that there are four to five new cases each year per 100,000 population in Canada. I'm just wondering about this. I think in your notes you said that really shouldn't be a concern, but it certainly is a concern to my constituents. I'm just wondering if you could elaborate on that, please.