Thank you very much, and thank you to all the witnesses for being here today.
I want to take a moment to express my disappointment that neither minister was available to come to the committee. It's quite unprecedented that this is the case. While I appreciate your presence here, I do want to articulate how disappointed I think all of the committee is that the ministers were not available to answer these questions in person.
I wonder if you have any insight as to why that might be the case.