Mr. Chair, I would like to begin my saying how pleased I am—and I hope not relatively speaking—to see that we can finally agree on an agenda and a work program. To be preached to after being forced to go along with prorogation and losing a great deal of time in this committee because of a filibuster, well, that's all a bit much, Mr. Chair.
I'm anxious to get down to business and before we do that, I too would like to say that I was shocked to see Mr. Braun twice postpone his appearance. According to our documents, he was supposed to be here. We even received confirmation of his appearance. He was a no-show the first time and the second time, I know that he was in Montreal to meet with employees of Rights & Democracy.
I'm very anxious for us to begin and I hope that others will not go on as long as I have.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.