Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to register my disappointment with these two witnesses, Weldon Epp and Jennie Chen of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, for cancelling at the last hour before this committee began, and I would like you, Mr. Chair, through the clerk, to register this disappointment with these two witnesses.
I have to say that I've noticed this happening at other committees where witnesses are cancelling at the last minute, so I hope this doesn't start a trend at parliamentary committees. We sit late here, and I understand that the witnesses in this case were invited a week ago or more, so I wanted to register that disappointment, and I hope, Mr. Chair, that you would, through the clerk, register that disappointment with these two witnesses too.