Good afternoon, everybody. We'll get the meeting started.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the committee is studying the effects of mefloquine use among Canadian veterans.
Today we have with us Rear-Admiral Edmundson, deputy commander, military personnel command; Brigadier-General Downes, surgeon general; Colonel Jetly, senior psychiatrist and mental health adviser, directorate of mental health, Canadian Forces health services group; and Dr. Courchesne, director general, health professionals division, chief medical officer.
We'll start with a presentation from Rear-Admiral Edmundson.
Thank you.