It's my pleasure to call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting 29 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on October 27, 2020, the committee is resuming its study on service dogs for veterans.
Welcome to all the witnesses who have taken their time to join us today. I apologize that we're getting starting a little bit later than expected. Votes will do that, unfortunately.
I will introduce all of the witnesses, and then give everyone an opportunity to bring forward their five-minute opening remarks. Once the five minutes are over, I usually give you a one-minute warning, both during your opening remarks as well as during questions. They're timed as well.
To start us off, from Assistance Dogs International, North America, we have the chair Sheila O'Brien. From K-9 Country Inn Working Service Dogs, we have Laura A. MacKenzie, owner and master trainer. From National Service Dogs from Cambridge, Ontario, Danielle Forbes, executive director; and from Paws Fur Thought, Medric Cousineau, co-founder.
As I said, each witness will have five minutes for their opening remarks. We're going to start off today with Ms. O'Brien.