Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My condolences as well, Mr. Galipeau.
I, like many members, cancelled family vacation and changed it to be here today. One thing that's difficult in this case is that I don't believe it's the committee members here that I have a particular problem with; it's that the minister and the government continue to move down a road, based upon this issue, that I think is against the interest of Canadians. The longer we hold up having the witnesses who want to come forward, the greater damage we can do to the loss of the census.
Now, whether we agree or disagree, that's a different story, but I think that story has to be told. The longer we delay, the continued government operations continues to erode the possibility of some type of compromise or solution.