Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Welcome to Mayor Watson and to your councillors, and thanks again for coming.
We commenced this study back in the fall. Mayor Watson, you and I had a discussion about this a while ago, so I think it's great that you're being very proactive on this. Some of us, including you and me, remember vaguely the centennial of 1967, and it was great to see the city taking a proactive role in this.
We all know that the City of Ottawa has a lot of great events, such as the Tulip Festival, the Jazz Festival, the summer Bluesfest, the wine and food show, and many other events. Some of the recent ones you talked about, Mayor Watson, were the Junos and the NHL All-Star Game, of course.
So we know about the positive events that are happening already. Maybe you can talk a little about whether you can see our taking advantage of the existing events and rebranding them for Canada 150 in 2017. Maybe there are advantages or disadvantages to that and maybe you could tell us a little about them.