Good morning, and welcome to the Subcommittee on Neurological Disease of the Standing Committee on Health. We're so pleased to have you here this morning.
We meet from 8:45 to 10:45 on Tuesdays. This subcommittee has become an extremely important committee. Neurological disorders or diseases are something that this subcommittee has taken a great deal of interest in and done a great deal of study on.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), we are continuing our study on neurological diseases. We have a number of witnesses today.
From Parkinson Society Canada, we have Joyce Gordon, president and chief executive officer. Welcome, Joyce.
From the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, we have Michael Schlossmacher, a scientist in neuroscience.
From the University of British Columbia, we have Jon Stoessl, professor, head of neurology, director of the Pacific Parkinson's Research Centre, and Canada research chair in Parkinson's disease.
We are also so pleased to have Mr. Greg McGinnis, here as an individual.
Each of you has five to seven minutes to present, and then we go into our round of Q and A.
We're going to begin with Ms. Joyce Gordon.