Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I didn't know you were going to feed us, so that's good news to me.
Thank you for the opportunity to speak at this committee again.
My first question will be for Chief Picard. I'm going to quote something you started with at the very beginning. You said it's clear that the statements from 2004 regarding the former Prime Minister were the start of doing business differently. You said: “No longer will we in Ottawa develop policies first and discuss them with you later.”
I'm very conscious of the comments you made about being very careful to be non-partisan. But as I see it, we were starting to form a relationship that was going to change the way business was done and a new relationship was starting. Again, I respect your wish not to be partisan, but could you tell me, from seeing a new start in 2004, what do you see right now?