Thank you very much.
Again, Chris, congratulations.
May I make a suggestion? I ask the chair, and perhaps the President of the Treasury Board will be in compliance--we only have an hour with the minister this morning, and I was wondering if we could dispense with his opening statement. I understand copies will be distributed; perhaps we can go right into questions. That will give us the maximum amount of time to ask questions of the minister concerning his operating budget freeze. Is that possible?
Thank you.