Thank you, Madam Chair.
I've really enjoyed all of the exchanges. I agree with a lot of things that have been said. I also question some of the things that have been said. At some points, it seems we may be talking about a virtual Parliament versus an in-person Parliament. I think we all agree that in-person activity has its benefits. The side-room talks have their benefits.
We are all here. We are functioning in a hybrid Parliament today. All of the committee members are here in person, sitting at this table, with the exception of a couple of witnesses, who wouldn't have been able to testify today had they not had this hybrid option.
I want to talk a little bit about the diversity that we were talking about. Yes, it's good to make sure we have that diversity in the room. I believe Professor Brock talked about some modernization we did with women's bathrooms and lights flashing. All of those things happened so long ago. There's modernization that we talked about around electronic voting. The technology is all there and available at our desks at the House of Commons, but we haven't been able to come to consensus on some of those issues.
Is it important now to take it a step further, now that the pandemic has shown us what is possible and how much more inclusive this place can be? Should we be looking at those things? Should we be adopting practices from what we have learned in the pandemic and how we have improved our technology, or should we be happy with the flashing lights and the fact that we have women's bathrooms today?
My question goes to Professor Thomas to start.