Certainly.
Good morning to you, Mr. Chair, and to members of the committee. I'm the special adviser to the Deputy Minister in the Department of Public Safety. Formerly I was the commissioner of emergency management for the Province of Ontario. In that role I coordinated and managed the ice storm in 1998 and the power blackout in 2003. I also co-managed the SARS breakout in Toronto in 2003.
As well, on many occasions I've been borrowed by and worked with the federal government, particularly with Foreign Affairs, and helped with the Canadian response in 9/11 in New York, in the Bali bombings, and in the tsunami. For 15 years I was chief coroner for the province of Ontario, and worked on issues like the Swissair crash and other crashes and events in Ontario.
I've been asked to the committee to answer some questions, I believe, and certainly I would be very pleased to do so.