I appreciate those comments, Mr. Hawn and Mr. Bachand.
However, Mr. Bachand, to address your concerns, it's my belief as chair that over the history of this committee we have certainly received witnesses.... And we invite witnesses who have expertise in certain fields so we can ask the pertinent questions in order to get the knowledge they have in that area. It's my opinion that the three gentlemen we have here today can certainly shed some light on the issue, on the motions we are operating under.
I'll give the other parties a chance to comment, but it certainly is my opinion or my thought, sir, that this is why these people are here, for us to be able to extract from them the information we need in order to follow up on the mission of this committee.
Do we have somebody here?
Mr. Wilfert, and then Mr. Dewar.