Thank you very much, Chair, and thank you, Minister, for being before the committee today.
I'd like to start off, first of all, by just saying that your portfolio has such breadth and your comments alluded to the number of programs you're responsible for. I wonder whether you'd be amenable to perhaps spending a little more time with us this afternoon, perhaps until the bells start going at 5:15. I think committee members would be really excited to spend a bit more time with you this afternoon to get to some of the other questions we have. Would you be amenable to that?