Thank you, Madam Chair.
Colleagues, we all know that the presence of a minister and officials at a parliamentary committee is fundamental to the Westminster tradition. I think the letter was written as a call to ensure respectful dialogue. I think it was written in good faith.
I know that we can approach the meeting in that vein, because that's what we've done at committee from the outset, as I talked about in our previous meeting.
With that, Madam Chair, I hope we can begin the meeting.