I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 20 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs.
Today the meeting is again taking place in the hybrid format.
I've been made aware that there may be a vote today regarding a subamendment to the budget. I'm told the bells could start to ring at 5:15 for a period of 30 minutes and that the vote would be held at approximately 5:45 today.
When the bells start ringing, we'll have 15 minutes left to the meeting, theoretically. I will be interrupting the proceedings at that time to seek unanimous consent to continue to sit during the bells until our normal end time of 5:30. This should give us plenty of time to get prepared for the vote. I wanted to make sure that everyone understood that was coming.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on October 27, 2020, the committee is resuming its study on supports and services to veterans' caregivers and families.
Welcome to all the witnesses who have taken the time to join us today. I will introduce all of you and then we'll get right into the opening remarks.
Appearing as individuals, we have Mr. Glynne Hines and Dr. Greg Passey. From the Association du Royal 22e Régiment, we have Richard Gauthier. From The Perley and Rideau Veterans' Health Centre, we have Mary Boutette, chief operating officer. Coming back to us again—thank you for taking the time to join us again after technical challenges—we have Mary Bart, chair of Caregiving Matters.
Again, thank you to all the witnesses. You will each have five minutes for your opening remarks.
We'll start off with Mr. Hines.
The next five minutes are all yours.