Merci, monsieur.
That's well noted by the committee. I think we have already been establishing a great working relationship on this committee, the first joint committee in some 20 years as a special parliamentary committee. I look forward to your first thought and your second thought in our work.
We welcome witnesses today. Our first witnesses are from the Department of Health. We have two officials: the assistant deputy minister, Ms. Hoffman; and the manager of the chronic and continuing care division, Ms. Harper.
We welcome you and thank you for coming on relatively short notice to our committee. We are up and running quickly. We know you have work that you do every day, so thank you for attending to us in this meeting.
You have about 10 minutes for your opening presentation, and then 35 minutes for committee witnesses.