Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I would like to welcome you to our committee, and offer you my congratulations as well on your appointment last November 28.
As we have moved through this study, what has become clear to me is that this is a very complex process. Recognizing that you have only been in the position you're in for four months, I am very interested in your experience in New Brunswick. I want to refer to that experience and ask if there are any estimates practices used in New Brunswick or that you were aware of, perhaps even in other provinces, that you would consider useful at the federal level.