Thank you, Chair.
I will not belabour the point, but I'll just put three very quick points on the record.
First of all, I'm not a member of this committee--I'm here subbing for my colleague--but I have been here for the entire meeting--in camera and in public--and I can tell you, in my opinion, there's clearly a whole set of political gymnastics happening on the part of the government. In my opinion, they clearly did contrive to have the permanent chair absent, requiring a member of the--