Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I will be sharing my time with Mr. Kania.
I have a couple of questions. As I've been listening to what Mr. Kramp said and what has been said around the table, I looked at the quotation from the gentleman in question, and it's beside the point.
I have a question for you, Mr. Lynch. In the announcements—the accountability framework, guidelines, etc.—there are not many teeth. They are very weak on implementation. My question is this. The appointment of the public appointments commissioner has not taken place after the first one was rejected. If the Prime Minister is not appointing another suitable person to the committee, would it not make sense to save the $1 million that it is costing, to shut down the public accounts committee—no, the public appointments—