Thank you, Madam Chair.
I appreciate the witnesses for coming forward.
I'm just going to make a couple of observations. I'm sensing some frustration from both Ms. Wright and Mr. Ketteman with respect to a perceived lack of responsiveness on the part of Canadian representatives.
I would, with the utmost of respect, just point out that the operation of representative democracy is no different in Canada from in the United States. What I mean by that is that the responsibility of elected representatives such as me, the Prime Minister or the Minister of Finance is to respond to the concerns of people who elected them in their ridings, or people who are in Canada. I think that's the way it operates in the United States, as it operates here. That is as it should be. That's who we're accountable to.
I want to now turn to a question for Mayor Redekop.
I want to make sure that I heard you correctly in saying that you were aware of the consultations taking place, but you chose not to participate in them. Is that what you said during questioning by Mr. Baldinelli?