Thank you. I don't even know if I'll go the full seven minutes, Mr. Chair, but I appreciate the gesture.
First and foremost, Mr. Dufresne, allow me to make it unanimous in terms of congratulations to you in filling this very important and vital role for an important institution. It's great to see you here this morning, albeit I understand that you've already been at the job for a couple of weeks now, and it's the third week in. I'm sure you will excel in it.
I've been looking over your bio. It's quite impressive.
There was an aspect that interested me when you made reference to the fact that throughout your career you've dealt with constitutional law. I'm often afforded the opportunity to comment on a number of pieces of legislation that come before the House, where there's always a bit of a contradiction. Sometimes we'll get a minister who will bring forward legislation and say that before it arrives they've already had some sort of assessment done on the legislation and it appears to meet the Constitution. Then we'll hear others say that it is not going to pass the Constitution and that it will be struck down and so forth. For the layperson, including myself to a certain degree, I think it sends a confusing message.
I'm interested in your take on legislation, constitutionality, how it comes through, and so forth.