Thank you for answering the question.
Mr. Chair, I'd like to thank the witnesses for being here today and for their time and the work they're doing here for their country.
It's important that we remember why we're here in Parliament: to serve the Canadian people. To me, as I've said before, that means being open, transparent, and accountable. It means that committees must take the time to study important issues of the day, that we must hear from stakeholders and issue reports for the benefit of the public and guide the government. It's important that we're able to carry out our role as parliamentarians to provide oversight to the executive branch of government. That's why it was disappointing when we had the Liberal members of this committee vote against inviting Bombardier executives to come to speak with this committee to lay out their case—