Thank you very much, Chair.
Thank you to our witnesses for coming and speaking to this committee. I really appreciate your expertise and experience.
My encouragement, as is always is the case—and I know for sure that you, Mr. Wernick, mentioned that you had sent in a brief, and Mr. Lapointe as well—is to please feel free to send further details to this committee so that we can do everything we can to try build a substantive report at its conclusion. Thank you in advance for that.
I have a question for both of you. I've started with each round of witnesses by asking them this question. It's simple. Is an effective access to information regime essential for a modern democracy?
I'm starting with you, Mr. Wernick.
You're on mute.