Thanks, Mr. Chair. I'm not a regular member of this committee but I have been impressed with the clarity of the report that our witnesses have brought us.
I think there is one point that may have been missed, and I'm not going to ask a question as much as make a comment.
In the second section, it talks about the $3.9 million, and repeatedly throughout the presentation it talks about the fact that this is a two-year plan, a temporary plan, and at the end of the two years, much of this will be wound down again. I think that point may have been missed.
The second thing I'd like to say is that when you consider the billions of dollars that were included in the economic action plan—and this is in addition to normal budgeting—and you consider the short timeline in which all staff have had to implement these projects, quite frankly, I think we should be fairly proud of the fact that there's a very small amount of money being utilized to implement this very aggressive action plan that will go a long way in terms of addressing much of the economic challenge our country is facing.
So I want to go on the record as saying that I hope our staff aren't being overburdened by the kind of work we're expecting them to do. I want to give them a hearty vote of thanks for their work at all levels, the PCO and on down.
Thanks, Mr. Chair. I'll share the rest of my time.