I would like to thank Mr. Brahmi for his comments. Of course, in people's minds, even in Canada, we tend to think in terms of legislative power and executive power. You are right to say that the principles of a republic are well known here in Canada—we study them—but we have our system and it remains what it is.
I would like to underline that the best proof of independence is to implement good ideas and for everyone to work hard in their areas to achieve the objectives of a committee like this one. That's something the government, the ministers and the departments cannot do independently. That's what we are going to try to do here.
If a member of this committee thinks this shows naiveté, I can accept that, but I ask this person to be aware because being cynical like that about the tradition of our parliamentary committee will neither strengthen our independence nor our productivity.