Mr. Lamoureux, when we last met, there was consensus. It may not have been a unanimous consensus but there certainly was consensus to proceed in the way we are proceeding, to have the minister here today. There was even thought of having a second witness. We are not able to provide one today.
In the method that this committee has always used in moving forward, we will in the second hour spend our time talking, as a steering committee of the whole, about how we'll move forward. If you'd like to use your time during the questioning of the minister to talk about that, I can't stop you from doing it, but right now, we have a speakers list and we have the minister present.
I'm going to recognize Mr. Butt as the first questioner of the minister.