Mr. Chair, I believe the witness should be afforded the opportunity, because he is here at the expense of the taxpayer, to at least provide his statement. He should be able to use his own laptop and so on to go ahead and make his presentation. It's unfortunate that we won't be able to follow along.
The question I have is whether the witness was provided with any instruction prior to his attendance here about the rationale or the need for things to be in both official languages?