Hello, colleagues. I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. I've often said publicly that no matter how much or how little we agree with the present government, we still live in the greatest country in the world. I hope you gave thanks in that regard over the past weekend.
I have just a few reminders in regard to interpretation. At the bottom of your screen there is a button for interpretation, so make sure you've put it in your preferred language, either English or French. Also, more importantly, remember that if you are switching from English to French, you'll need to switch that button as well for interpretation to work properly.
Colleagues, please make sure that you address your comments through the chair. That's not just to help me guide the meeting successfully, but also to make sure there's accuracy in the blues afterwards. I'll also remind you that when you're speaking, speak slowly. We always have that challenge with interpretation, but doing this over broadband makes it that much more difficult. If any technical problems arise, please put your hand up if we can't hear you and you're muted so we can make sure to pause the meeting to look after whatever the technical problem is with your system.
In our last meeting, Madame Gaudreau moved to adjourn the meeting. I wanted to specify whether it was the meeting or the debate. It was the meeting. In preparation for this meeting, I advised both vice-chairs, as well as Mr. Angus, because he does not have the luxury of having a vice-chair represent him, that we'll be continuing with the attempt to dispose of Mr. Barrett's motion at this meeting.
I'll now open the floor for comments in that regard.