Thank you.
I seek unanimous consent from the committee to allow him to be part of this committee if that's okay. Please give a thumbs-up to show your consent.
Go ahead, Mr. Clerk, and allow him in. Thank you.
To ensure an orderly meeting, I would like to outline the following rules. Members and witnesses may speak in the official language of their choice. Interpretation services are available for this meeting. You have the choice, at the bottom of your screen, of floor, English or French for your own interpretation needs.
I remind members and witnesses that all comments should be addressed through the chair. When speaking, please wait until I recognize you. Unmute yourself and speak slowly and clearly for the sake of interpretation. When you are not speaking, your microphone should be on mute.
With regard to the speakers list, the clerk and I will do our best to maintain a consolidated order of speaking for all members. I have time cards. I have a one-minute card and a 30-second card to give you advance notice of how much time you have remaining for your remarks and for your questions.
Mr. Manly has also asked if he can be allowed some time to ask questions. I ask whether there is unanimous consent of the committee to allow Mr. Manly two and a half minutes for the first panel and two and a half minutes for the second panel to ask his questions. You can indicate this by showing me a thumbs-up, or a thumbs-down if you don't agree.
We do not have unanimous consent, but please note that members are able to share their time with Mr. Manly if they should choose to do so. Mr. Manly is welcome to visit and to participate in the committee.
At this time, I'd like to welcome our witnesses. We have before us, appearing as an individual, Dr. Jennifer Gibson, director and Sun Life Financial chair in bioethics at the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics. We also have Dr. Alain Naud, family physician and clinical professor at the department of family and emergency medicine at Laval University. We also have the Honourable André Rochon, retired justice of the Québec Court of Appeal, and we have David Roberge from the Canadian Bar Association.
Each witness will have five minutes to make their opening remarks. We'll go ahead and start with Dr. Jennifer Gibson.
Please go ahead, Doctor. You have five minutes.