Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Verheul, and congratulations on all of your hard work and your team's hard work to get us to this point.
Canadians are very proud of our federalist roots, and to know that you consulted so deeply with the provinces, the FCM, the municipalities, as we've just heard, and the different sectoral groups that you met with on a very regular basis, and to hear what you had to say in regard to that, tells us that you spent most of your time on the consultation, compared to the negotiations. I think that was very important in terms of where this agreement is right now, and we're hearing some very good things.
Going forward, I'd like to know how you're going to keep those modes of communication open as pathways with the various groups as well as with the provinces and the municipalities. Do you continue to consult with them and keep them up to speed as to where we are?