Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all of the witnesses for the work that you do and for the obvious effort that you have put into your statements.
I'd like to start with Minister Denis.
Minister Denis, first of all, thank you very much for coming forward. I am very concerned about the issues you've raised. Here we are debating a bill that's going to impose some serious financial obligations if it is to have any meaning. It is not entirely clear how big the envelope is going to be and who's going to hold the envelope for those financial obligations.
I know that you recently had a meeting with your colleagues, the other federal and provincial ministers. You should know that we've invited all of your colleagues to testify before the committee. You're the only one who has accepted the invitation. Do you have any sense of why the others are reluctant to come before us?