Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Greetings to my colleagues and I thank—
I'm sorry, but the interpretation is in my ear, and it's very distracting, so I think I'll just speak English. I don't know how to switch it. I guess it's because I'm on the English channel. I'm sorry about that.
I would like to thank Madame Pauzé for her leadership in recalling the committee for this meeting. She has been in touch with me a couple of times and with other members on the Liberal side of this committee over the last couple of weeks and months, but any effort to recall this committee by the Conservative side has happened independently of any outreach to me.
I thank my friend and colleague Gérard Deltell for reaching out during the Olympics to congratulate me on 20 years since I won a medal at the Olympics, but we didn't talk about committee business, so I applaud everybody's enthusiasm and interest in this important issue.
I also had an amendment to provide, and I suppose I'll provide it after we conclude the debate on this—