Good afternoon, everyone.
We have a very special guest with us today, Carl Castro, the director of the military operational medicine research program headquarters.
Sir, we're honoured and delighted that you've taken the time out of your busy schedule to be with us today.
I should let you know, sir, basically who we are. We're the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs for the Parliament of Canada, and we're represented by the four political parties in the House of Commons. We have members of the Conservative Party, the governing party; the official opposition, the Liberal Party; the third party in the House of Commons, the Bloc Québécois; and ourselves, the NDP. Our chair, I'm sure, will be here at any moment. I'm Peter Stoffer, the vice-chair.
Normally, sir, the way we proceed is to allow our guests to make a 10- or 15-minute submission, and then we open it up to a round of questions. Again, sir, we thank you very much.
We are doing a health services study and a review of issues such as post-traumatic stress disorder and other issues that face soldiers, the men and women of our militaries, when they come back and become veterans, and how we can better advise the government on procedures and policies in the future.
Sir, please go right ahead.