Thank you, Mr. Chair.
First of all, I want to commend you on your comments about the urgency of being less partisan in this committee, reflecting on those times when we were less partisan and more work got done. I would encourage all of us, at all times--and that's everyone, from every party--to resist preceding any comment with “well, you know, the Conservatives did this” or “the Liberals did that”. That's for all of us.