Dear colleagues, I'm going to call us back to order.
I'd like to welcome our witnesses.
I would like to make a few comments for the benefit of the new witnesses.
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I'd now like to welcome our witnesses. We're delighted to have, from General Fusion, Amee Barber, director, government relations and business development, and, from the University Health Network, Dr. Kevin Smith, the president and chief executive officer.
We're grateful to both of you for joining us and we're eager to hear from you. You will each have five minutes to present. At four and a half minutes, I will hold up this green card, and it lets you know that you have 30 seconds to finish.
With that, we will now go to the testimony.
Dr. Smith, we will begin with you. The floor is yours.