Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Let me begin by thanking you as well, both as chair and as a member of our government's caucus, for your leadership on all things related to finance, and in that vein, also for calling this meeting of the finance committee at the end of July, when the House isn't sitting, in order to clarify matters in relation to the coming into force of Bill C-208. As others have said, I believe you are a giant in the House of Commons, sir, and a mentor to so many of us. I would like to thank you.