I'd like to call the meeting to order.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), and the motion adopted on September 29, the committee resumes its study on mental health and suicide prevention among veterans.
Today we have, from the Department of Veterans Affairs, Dr. David Pedlar, director of research, research directorate, who is on video conference from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. We also have, from the Parkwood Operational Stress Injury Clinic, Dr. Don Richardson, a psychiatrist at Western University in the department of psychiatry.
We'll start with a 10-minute time frame for the witnesses' statements.
We will start with Dr. Pedlar. Good afternoon, Dr. Pedlar.