Thank you very much, colleagues.
I see that the comments are wrapping up and I sense the committee has finished. I would therefore like to wrap things up.
Mr. Kingsley, I've been chairman of this committee for about a year and a bit. I have not known you for decades and decades and decades, as some of my other colleagues have expressed. I can tell you that my experience with you in the very short time that we've known each other has been extremely pleasant. I very much appreciated some of the times we've spoken on the phone. I frankly find your balance between wit and humour extremely refreshing. A little humour around here sometimes is very good medicine. I hope the friendship that we have forged continues in the future. I certainly hope that our paths cross in the future.
I want to wish you the very best of times and the fullest of futures. I can tell you, sir, that you should be proud and you make Canadians very proud. I'm sure you will continue to do that as you spread the qualities and the full spectrum of your talents and skills that Canadians have had the good fortune to experience. I guess the good news here is that Canada's loss will be someone else's gain.
On behalf of the committee and many prime ministers, and indeed the entire country, Mr. Kingsley, that you have served so aptly, I want to sincerely thank you.