Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you for being here, Mr. Minister.
I fortunately have to stay here for the moment. I have a couple of obligations to take care of.
Real quick, on Bill C-27, you were prancing about the Montreal area, blaming the committee for holding the bill up. We've had to issue a letter to you. I hope you've seen the letter with regard to the concerns expressed.
Do you have anything to report back to us with regard to your position on the tribunal?
I thought that we actually worked fairly well together as a committee to come up with a plan to at least see if we can get over the hurdle of the tribunal.
My question, quite frankly, is, do you regret your public relations strategy of, basically, blaming the committee here for the bill and the problem right now?
Second of all, are you still open to splitting the bill, so we can get the issues related to the one section of the bill through? We may not get the second part, on artificial intelligence, through.