Thank you very much.
Colleagues, just before I go to Mr. Hayes, I want to touch on the point of order because it's an important one. The reference I'm going to make is to O'Brien and Bosc, our bible in the interpretation of our rules. It says, under “Consideration of Estimates in Committee”, page 870:
The discussion on Vote 1 in the main estimates (generally departmental administration or operations) is traditionally wide ranging.... Chairs have generally exercised considerable latitude in the nature of the questioning permitted on estimates.
Lest anyone wants to pursue that further....
Mr. Hayes, you have the floor, sir.