Just before I go to the next speaker, I will say that we have a special guest in the audience, Mr. Derek Lee, who was almost the dean of the House when he left in 2011 after 23 years. He was elected in 1988. He wrote a book called The Power of Parliamentary Houses to Send for Persons, Papers & Records: A Sourcebook on the Law and Precedent of Parliamentary Subpoena Powers for Canadian and other Houses.
The member for Victoria—Haliburton at the time in 1999 said that he fell asleep reading the title, but I told Derek that I thought that Scott Reid and Mr. Nater would be quite interested, as they're academics in this area.
Welcome, Mr. Lee. It's great to have you back on Parliament Hill.
Now we'll go to Mr. Bittle.