Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I appreciate that very much, as well as your opening remarks to the committee. I am excited to be here and look forward to working with all of you in a constructive manner.
I would like to thank Mr. Linklater and Ms. DeschĂȘnes for coming today and providing such thorough, informative, and patient responses to our questions.
I get the honour to be the last one to test your patience today. I will do so with a very basic question. When and why did this backlog actually start?