Thanks very much, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to ask the folks who are here on money laundering to come up and speak. While they're doing that, I have a few things to say.
First of all, I'd like to give a big thank you to all of you for being here. I understand that there are 36 of you. I don't think I've seen this many folks in a committee meeting before. Thank you for taking the time to be here. I know that not all of you will get a chance to answer questions. Maybe you'll be happy about that and maybe you won't be happy about that. Either way, we thank you for making the time to be here to answer questions.
I'd also like to say thank you for all your work on an ongoing basis on behalf of Canadians, because you do a tremendous amount. Everything that government does relies on civil servants like you, who are working behind the scenes and aren't necessarily known to Canadians. Thank you to you and your colleagues for all your work.
The second thing I'll say—I'll apologize to our witnesses for a moment—is that I'd like to put a motion on notice. I will ask my team to circulate that to the clerk.
Should we take a minute, Chair? Should I wait, or should I—