I send my apologies to my colleague Mr. Battiste. I know he wants to get to the point.
Chair, in your initial readout, you basically said that the committee would wait to make sure that anybody experiencing technical difficulties could join the meeting. We spent quite a bit of time at the start of the meeting to ensure that everybody could be on, but my colleague from Manitoba, Dan Mazier, is having some technical difficulties, and I don't believe he's on the meeting right now. He is trying to use some alternative devices to bypass whatever technical difficulties he may be having. I'm hoping, Chair, you will show Mr. Mazier the same consideration that we showed others before the meeting started.