Good morning, Chair.
I'm happy to see everyone this morning. Happy Monday to everyone.
First, to my colleague MP Vis, I was very happy to hear you say “the independent Bank of Canada”. That was very important. I thank you for putting on the record that the Bank of Canada is independent. I know your Leader of the Opposition wanted at one time to fire the Bank of Canada governor, and said that publicly. I think the independence of the Bank of Canada is very important for institutional integrity for many reasons, so I'm glad you put that on the record, Brad.
I want to get clarification on whether these meetings would be in addition to the meetings on Bill C-27.
We all want to have a strong economy with strong growth, and to create good jobs. I think yesterday's announcement on the AI front was part of that endeavour, and it continues to be.
I'm going to stop there. I look forward to getting to Bill C-27 and doing clause-by-clause.