Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses.
I've found this to be a very, very interesting committee hearing so far. It's good that Mr. Masse is here today, because as much as I've been listening to the opposition members talk about their desire to study the Investment Canada Act, it's interesting hearing a reference to Minister Clement—-his name is “Clement”, by the way, with no “s” at the end—and his request that the industry committee study this issue back in 2011, not too long ago.
I was actually on the committee. Mr. Masse was on the committee at the time. There might be a few other members here—I'm not sure—who were on the committee at the time. On the government side, we wanted to take a look at the Investment Canada Act, and I believe there were actually three members from the Liberal Party and two members from the Bloc who didn't want to study it, so Brian had the deciding vote on that. We argued vehemently for the—