I'm going to call this meeting to order.
We're going to be interrupted here in about half an hour for votes, so we will to try to get as much testimony in as possible.
With that, I'm going to ask our witnesses to keep their opening comments as succinct as possible. If you have recommendations to make, make sure you put those on the record. Then we'll go to a five-minute round of questioning by members and see how far we can get.
Appearing today we have Zul Merali, the president and CEO of the University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research; from the Mental Health Commission of Canada, we have Louise Bradley, president and CEO; from the Canadian Psychiatric Association, we have Don Richardson, consultant psychiatrist; and from the Mood Disorders Society of Canada, we have Phil Upshall, national executive director.
We welcome all of you to the committee and thank you for helping us with our study on the care of our ill and injured Canadian Forces members.
With that, I'm going to ask Mr. Upshall if he could lead off the testimony.