I echo Mr. Martin's comments and your comments as well. I think it's absolutely vital. I don't mean to disparage parliamentary secretaries, but I do think we want to hear from the genuine article. We're talking about a lot of money here. It's Parliament's best bullet to try to fend off a declining economy. It's absolutely important, as far as tying trust in our institutions and the credibility of these expenditures to the announcements that we hear from the minister and nothing less than the minister is concerned.
Thank you, Chair.