Thank you, Commissioner Therrien.
Yes, indeed, to the members who have been wondering, yes, I allowed him whatever time he needed to make his opening statement.
With that, I want to just have a quick word about how I plan to proceed with this meeting.
We started a little bit late. I want to go through our normal first round of six minutes each. The second round, which is Conservative and Liberal; then two and a half minutes each to the Bloc and the NDP; and then back to five minutes to the Conservatives and Liberals. That would take us to about 4:50 p.m.
I propose to do a third round if there is appetite for it. If there is not, we can suspend at that point. If there is appetite, we can continue through and should have enough time to get a third full round in and then allow for a few minutes of committee business at the end when we have some housekeeping items that need to be addressed.
I'll be vacating the chair for a portion of that time to speak in the House, but I will be back in time to take over the short committee business portion where, as I said, we have some housekeeping to take care of.
We'll try to get people out. I know there are people with flights tonight, too.
With that, Mr. Kurek, you have six minutes.