Merci beaucoup.
Let me just add my own personal enthusiasm for the National Film Board. I'm certain that Echoes in the Rink: The Willie O'Ree Story has played in every school classroom in Fredericton, showing up in no ratings anywhere.
I was sitting here thinking about it, and I think I know of five people who are in film specifically as a result of that exercise. For those who don't know, this is another hockey story; Mr. O'Ree was the first black man to play in the NHL. He was out of Fredericton.
Kudos to you and to all who have come before you. Hopefully the committee can support you in your passion. It is obvious and encouraging. Congratulations on your appointment.
As we have heard everyone congratulate you, it may not be necessary for us to express our formal confidence, but it is a part of the process. I would accept a mover—and I see Mr. Angus—for the motion, which is that the committee has examined the qualifications and competence of Tom Perlmutter for the position of government film commissioner of the National Film Board of Canada, that it finds him competent to perform the duties of the position he has been appointed to, and that the chair report that to the House.
I see nodding approval, so I think we can fairly say that this is the unanimous position of our committee.
(Motion agreed to)