Thank you very much to my nominator. I wish on May 2 it had been that easy. We have to do other things in our lives.
I welcome all committee members to the standing committee. This is one of the most critical ones that Parliament holds, of the 24.
Before we get through some routine proceedings, I'll welcome all the new members to Parliament, and, I assume, to your first committee as well. For those of us who have been here a couple of years longer, a committee is the place where we can get into a lot of substantive detail. It has a lot less partisanship in general, I find, than the House of Commons itself. We can really delve into some of the issues. I think this committee in particular has some issues in front of it that could be very interesting and engaging for us all.
I will be relying on Chad a lot in the next little bit, but we're going to get through some of the standard procedures.
Everyone received a briefing book from the clerk's office, is that correct?
You haven't yet, John?