Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
All of you know that due to travel arrangements and commitments, I missed last Thursday's meeting, but the member for North Island—Powell River was here and brought to my attention something that happened at the meeting, which I find quite disturbing. It was something that happened a lot in the last Parliament. We had not seen it yet in this Parliament. It was an attack on one of our witnesses and their credibility by Ms. Gallant.
I think witnesses who appear here at our invitation should expect tough questions, but they should expect fair questions. Therefore, I would like to give Ms. Gallant a chance to apologize on the record for her remarks about the Rideau Institute and its funding, which were completely spurious.