Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'm Doug Morton. I'm the director of government relations for the CSA Group, and with me is Candace Sellar, program manager of our worker and public safety standards development group. It's a pleasure and honour for Candace and I to be here today, and we appreciate the opportunity to address the committee on this very important topic.
The CSA Group is the largest standards development organization in Canada, and in 2019 we will celebrate 100 years of serving Canadians and others around the world. Our more than 3,000 standards span a range of sectors, including public and worker safety, health care, infrastructure, petroleum and natural gas, and climate change. We are accredited in Canada by the Standards Council of Canada, and in the United States by the American National Standards Institute.
As this committee noted in its November 9, 2017, news release, and as you've heard from various witnesses, serving on a jury can be stressful, but knowledge of those stresses in Canada is somewhat limited. The CSA Group does not purport to be an expert in juror stress. However, we have developed standards, and continue to develop new standards, related to psychological health and safety in various areas, which we thought may provide the committee some examples of best practices, something we believe you're interested in.
I'll now hand things over to Candace, who will provide you with more detail, and we'll be happy to answer any more questions following our presentation.