Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Welcome to the committee. It's lovely to see you here, and I appreciate very much all the wisdom and advice that you are giving.
I want to pick up on something in regard to this need for a manual of “this is what happens”. I wonder, if that were the case, would there also be the danger of it becoming “this is the only possibility”.
What I'm thinking about at this point is the apology to first nations regarding residential schools. I know that at the time there was a great deal of concern because, first of all, how can you give an apology if there is no response, and first nations' leaders were prohibited from responding on the House floor. There were a number of other things: who would be in the chamber, and how would all of the participants be managed? Yet the reality is that it was an incredible and successful event because we broke all the rules and made sure that there was an opportunity for it to be genuine and a very human event.
I wonder if you could comment on that.