Maybe my speech will be longer after all.
Anyway, I just wanted to say it's an honour to be here today. Even though my tenure as the chair was short-lived, I do have a lot of respect for the three previous chairs here, having worked with them all. I know they've spent more time working together collaboratively with both parties because I believe in each circumstance there was a longer tenure in sitting as the chair.
I just want to say that it's nice to be here today. I'm here because of what the committee does. The reputation of the public accounts committee is certainly one of working together. We all know that's difficult in difficult times. I just want to say thanks for the opportunity to be here. I'll participate if there's some discussion, but really I want to defer to the three chairs who have spent more time in the chair on this particular committee.
Thank you once again for the invitation.
Ms. Block, it's great to see you in the chair. I know you're going to do a fantastic job.
Thank you very much.