We'll reconvene and welcome our next group of panellists.
We very much appreciate your taking the time out of your busy schedules to testify before us.
I'd like to introduce, from the Canadian Medical Protective Association, Dr. Hartley Stern, the executive director and chief executive officer. Of course, as a Montrealer, he used to be the CEO of our Jewish General Hospital. It's a pleasure to have you here.
From the Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians, we have Dr. Monica Branigan, the chair of the working group on hastened death.
As individuals appearing together, we have Juliet Guichon, an assistant professor at the University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, and Dr. Ian Mitchell, a pediatrician and a professor at the University of Calgary as well.
I really appreciate all of your coming here today. I've explained to you how this is going to work. You each have eight minutes, and we will start with Dr. Stern.