I forgot that I was on the list again. That's great. Thank you, Madam Chair.
I do have just a couple of things to add here. One is that I seem to recall a conversation we had as a committee about when we preferred Mr. Johnston to appear in this study. I recall recommending that he come before his report. Other members seemed to be more interested in his appearing after the report was released. It's interesting that the committee will was there previously to have him come after the report was issued, which I think was the committee's overall preference.
He's actually expressed the willingness to come, in accordance with what we desire or prefer as a committee, yet we still have the Conservative members implying somehow at the outset of our meeting—a little less forcefully now—that there was an unwillingness to come on his part, which is contrary to the truth.
I would ask they retract that and that we get down to moving forward as a committee.
Thanks.