Colleagues, I want to thank you for your confidence in me as chair. I want to thank Ms. Nash for that very kind nomination.
I also want to congratulate the vice-chairs, Ms. Nash and Mr. Brison.
I should point out we are down a couple of members. Mr. Côté is now on the industry committee. We should thank him for his work. Mr. Jean has retired as a member of Parliament. We're going to miss him very much at this committee. As well, Mr. Hoback is now on the agriculture committee. We want to thank him for his work.
We also want to welcome Mr. Allen as a full standing member of this committee. It's wonderful to have at least a couple of Atlantic Canadians on this side.
I want to welcome back the clerk and the analysts, who are keeping your chair on track.
Colleagues, I'd like to suspend for a minute to pass out some documentation for future business.
[Proceedings continue in camera]