Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you to all of the witnesses for appearing before us.
I think any right-thinking, rational person would agree that setting up an oversight body is required in this country. I think the efficacy of that depends on a number of factors, including who makes up that committee and how accountable the committee is to oversight, as well, to ensure that it doesn't conduct its own operations so secretly, or with such limitations, that it just becomes another layer of bureaucracy we can't puncture through.
So I want to know if anybody has any thoughts on the makeup of that committee, particularly whether it should be a mix of civilians and those with expertise. I guess what I'm driving at is civilian oversight. I wonder what you feel the civilian presence ought to be on such a committee. And do you have any comment on how we can make sure this oversight committee is responsible to Parliament, and ultimately to the citizens of Canada, to ensure that we ultimately get transparency and accountability through this structure.