Thank you very much.
In your opening statement you discussed a number of things with regard to the position, with regard to the commission itself, and the makeup of the other members of the commission. I think it should be noted that the commission, as you said, is well balanced regionally. I suspect if we had Mr. McLaren here we would have people dissecting past speeches, looking for internal conspiracies and things we may agree or disagree with. But the reality is, the position you have is in fact not a political one; it's one of true public service, for a dollar a year.
As you know, of course, if you've read the papers over the weekend, one member of this committee has already decided that you're not qualified for this position, even though she has not yet in fact ever met you. So I was wondering if you would just take a minute—because you kind of glossed over it in the short time you had at the beginning—to tell us frankly a little bit about yourself as an individual. We will be voting in about an hour and a half's time on a motion that says you're not qualified for this post. I was wondering if you can tell us a little bit more about your professional past, where you were born, where you went to school, where you've travelled, and so on.