Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I've submitted to the clerk some documentation I would like to be distributed--it's in both official languages--both to the witnesses and to committee members, if you don't mind. And if they could begin now, it would be great.
Gentlemen and lady, thank you very much.
I wonder if I could begin with Mr. Edwards, the deputy minister. I realize that he has already taken the cautionary step of saying that everything is sub judice so he can't discuss any specific cases, but he's here to discuss specific cases, so let me begin.
Mr. Edwards, you obviously, as a deputy minister, do your job and brief your minister. How often would that be? Once a day, twice a week, three times a week, every day?