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With that, I would like to welcome our second panel.
We have Gabrielle Peters, co-founder of Disability Filibuster, as well as Catherine Frazee, professor emerita, school of disability studies, Toronto Metropolitan University. They're going to be sharing five minutes. We also have Dr. Michelle Hewitt, board chair for Disability Without Poverty, and Krista Carr, chief executive officer of Inclusion Canada.
We'll start off with five minutes to Ms. Peters and Dr. Frazee.
Ms. Peters, I think you're going to go first, and my understanding is that because of some medical problems and problems with breathing, we may have to go beyond the allocated five minutes, so we'll give you a bit of leeway.
If you'd like to start, Ms. Peters, I believe you have a video—