Thank you, colleagues.
Deputy Minister, thank you very much for appearing. Thank you for staying beyond the allotted time. We appreciate that.
Committee members, we have the four witnesses we have summoned, but I would like to take a five-minute suspension, first of all, for our staff. Second, I would then like to come back in camera to discuss which of those witnesses—if any or all—we wish to hear, and in what manner, that is to say, in public or in camera. Then we can proceed. I don't want to take a lot of time doing that, but I want to be fair to the discussions we had last week.
So I would ask those witnesses who have been summoned to appear to remain here. No one else has to remain here, but you're welcome to, as it's a public meeting at this point until I declare it in camera. Actually, I'll hold it in camera as soon as we come back. So why don't you come back here after we're in public again, once the adjournment is over. But Ms. Kutz, Ms. Nixon, Madame Archambault, and Mr. Switzer have to remain within the confines of this room—not outside this room, basically—until we're ready for them.
Once again, Deputy Minister, thank you very much.
The meeting is suspended for five minutes.
[Proceedings continue in camera]
[Public proceedings resume]