Thank you, Mr. Chair.
First of all, congratulations.
Unfortunately, we have lost a lot of time here in the committee because of these procedures. Every year we have to elect a new chair and establish a new committee. We have to wait for the foreign affairs committee. Valuable time has been lost. I'm hoping we can use whatever time is remaining to do some business and also to look at the planning for future meetings. I ask, if it's okay with members, that we continue with the meeting in order to establish what our priorities are going to be for the future.