Good afternoon. I'd like to bring the meeting to order and welcome everybody here today.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), and the motion adopted on September 29, the committee begins its study on mental health and suicide prevention among veterans.
Today we have here, as individuals, Claude Lalancette, and Dr. Nevin, Dr. Greg Passey, and Dr. Elspeth Ritchie televising in.
We'll start today with Mr. Lalancette giving a short statement. Then, we'll move to Dr. Ritchie and go through the panel. Each witness has 10 minutes.