I appreciate the applause from my Conservative colleagues. I am absolutely delighted. It's so nice to see the minister here, because earlier today we were told by Conservative members that he wouldn't be able to appear before the committee. This is really nice.
The Minister of Finance, I assume, Mr. Chair, is going to be distributing whatever he has here on an non-partisan basis, or this could be a very long night.
The issue here, Mr. Chair, and I'm glad the minister is here to listen in on some of this—