Thanks to all of you. It's great to be here.
I really appreciate all of you attending. There are members at this committee who have participated in this role before, and some who are new who have quite a bit of experience and understanding of the file. That's very welcome in regard to what we're going to do going forward.
I'm also very encouraged by the intent of the committee and what collectively we, as government, want to do to support the Canadian Armed Forces by way of funding and engagement and by way of many recommendations made at this committee in the past. I congratulate all of you for all of your hard work. I am very much excited about collaborative, cordial engagement within this committee to move things forward, because I think we all share the same concerns. I've worked alongside many of you from both sides, and you are all good people. I look forward to working with you.
I think our next order of business is to elect a vice-chair so that we can get into the formal aspect of the committee.
I have Cheryl Gallant.