Thank you very much for filling us in on those points. I appreciate that.
I note in a recent article that you two wrote together, which is great, you said, “we must not lose sight of the ways in which remote participation can make Parliament more democratic by making it more inclusive, equitable and accountable.” I thought that was a very compelling statement. I think you've covered a lot of that in your remarks today.
I wanted to home in a little bit more on accountability. I'm constantly listening to both sides of the debates that we have on this topic. I was a member of PROC when we did the initial work during the pandemic on developing the hybrid provisions, and there was often.... Opposition parties rightfully need to be able to hold the government to account, which I totally get, and I think you two said in that article that a hybrid parliament doesn't necessarily preclude opposition parties from holding the government to account. Can you speak to that a little bit more and give us your reasons?
I'll start with Dr. Thomas.