Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Boudria and Mr. Drouin, for appearing today.
We will start with Mr. Drouin. It is his second time back before the committee on this issue. I am not sure of the value of your coming back for a second time, but we'll try to see that. I suppose some people in this room--and maybe Mr. Poilievre--are interested in hearing this again.
I want to go over the facts again just to confirm. You were the minister of state for the Economic Development Agency for the regions of Quebec from January 15, 2002, until December 11, 2003. Is that correct?