Thank you very much, and welcome to the witnesses.
I'll start with you, Mr. Kennedy, on CSIS. I have to start by saying that we're dealing with a very large piece of legislation with very many topics. This evening we're dealing with EI, pensions, public-private partnerships, CSIS, CMHC, and cross-border law enforcement. So we're dealing with many-splendored topics.
When we had government officials here, last week I think it was, they said that the rationale for removing the Inspector General from oversight of CSIS was that it was a duplication and that the SIRC could just as easily provide that same service, that it was the same oversight, even though right now, as I understand it, the chair of SIRC is vacant. They said this is simply a duplication.
From your comments, it sounds as if you would not agree with that analysis. Can you explain why?