Thank you, Mr. Chisholm. I appreciate that clarification.
My understanding from the clerk is that the proper substitutions have been made. We have a full contingent of committee members here tonight. I see no reason in continuing down this line, when we have witnesses here from across our country bringing testimony to this committee.
The way I've been doing this, for those of you at the witness end of the table...you will find that we have members of the committee. We do everything here in both official languages. You have an earpiece. Is there anybody who is not familiar? I think everybody here is familiar with how this process works. We will proceed in that way.
I've been given to understand that Mr. Simard will be here at approximately 7:30 p.m. At that point in time, we will have to stop, if we're in a round of questioning, and allow Mr. Simard to make his presentation, and then we'll resume with the questioning at that particular point in time. That's the best we can do to accommodate Mr. Simard's schedule.
Without further ado, Mr. Irving, you have up to 10 minutes.
When you're making your presentations, please keep an eye on the chair. I will be giving you notice of when you have two minutes and one minute remaining. We try to keep a very tight timeline.
Please proceed, sir.