Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.
Mr. Chairman, thank you for providing us with this opportunity to speak to the committee today.
As you stated earlier, with me is Mike Sheridan, Infoway's chief operating officer.
Let me start by thanking the Auditor General of Canada and her audit team for what we believe to be a thorough, balanced audit report on electronic health records, which her office tabled with Parliament in November 2009 and then again in April 2010.
As the Auditor General notes in her overview report, the provinces' approach to electronic health records is unique. Their definitions of electronic health strategies, priorities, timelines, and approaches are distinctive.
As a strategic investor, Infoway has developed, in consultation with our jurisdictional partners, the key requirements, the core components, and a blueprint to guide—