Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
I'll start with a bit of a comment, because I'm a bit disappointed.
We've engaged in this study for a while now, and it has been non-partisan, but here have been some worrying comments from the Conservative Party blaming, oddly enough, the federal Minister of Sport for the inaction by the provinces. There's now this suggestion of a lack of independence, so I'll start my questions there.
How do you respond to the notion that you're not independent or that your independence is questioned?