Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
Mr. Côté, thank you for being here this morning, even though it is hard to understand how you're being here is relevant to the committee's studies. I apologize on behalf of the committee for the lack of respect shown by some of my colleagues. That's frankly disgraceful. I hope you'll get an apology later on during the committee meeting.
Some people seem not to understand the role of the ministers' office in Montreal. You briefly spoke about it in your presentation. Can you explain to us what your role was and how you worked with stakeholders, and so on?