Thank you very much, Professor Schick, for your opening remarks. They were very helpful, very interesting, and very useful. We will all benefit from also looking at your paper, the publication called “Can National Legislatures Regain an Effective Voice in Budget Policy?” As well, we've been finding the comparative analyses with different countries very helpful.
We have about half an hour. Without any further delay, we're going to open it up to questions from the floor.
We begin with the official opposition and, new to the committee, Linda Duncan.
Welcome. You have five minutes.