Thank you, Blake, for the kind words. I'll be the first to admit that I'm not the greatest expert on all these topics. There are so many distinguished academics out there, and practitioners as well, those who have worked in the House of Commons, those who have studied these issues for so many years, who would be a huge benefit to this committee. Some of them are right here in Ottawa, both in academia and elsewhere, and I think it would be a huge benefit to this committee if we could hear from a number of those people going forward. If we can just get past this point in time, this stalemate, we have a great deal to learn from the experts out there on this matter. It's just unfortunate that we're at this impasse at this point.
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