Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all the witnesses.
My first question is for Mr. Johnson.
I would ask you, Mr. Johnson, to take us behind the scenes to the inception of this agreement. It has been characterized as the gold standard for agreements and the way that things should be done in terms of its transparency, its engagement, its consultation, and the way it was structured and worked with the provinces and the municipalities. Can you take us behind the scenes in the work that you did and the leadership that you brought to this agreement from its start to where we are today? How did the buy-in from the provinces come about? Were there joint meetings with the federal and provincial governments? How did it all come together? How did it all work?
Can you give us some of that insight?