Welcome to yet another meeting of our glorious veterans affairs committee.
I would like to welcome our witness for this afternoon. From Simon Fraser University, we have Gloria Gutman, co-leader of the British Columbia Network for Aging Research, and former director and professor emeritus, Gerontology Research Centre and Department of Gerontology.
You're probably aware that this is pursuant to our study of the veterans health care review and the veterans independence program.
The way it generally works is that our witnesses receive either ten or twenty minutes. In this case, the clerk says it will be ten minutes. I'm sure that if you were to extend beyond that, we would not treat you harshly. Then we go to a predetermined order of questioning. The first round is generally seven minutes, and after that it's five minutes back and forth.
With that, I offer the floor to our witness and guest.
Thank you.