Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I'm extremely honoured and pleased to be here today. It's been a long time since I've been invited to appear before a House of Commons committee. I'd like to start by saying that I practise bijuralism, that is, I teach civil law half the time and common law the other half of the time. I also head a research centre in the faculty of arts. That means I have three deans.