Thank you very much, Chair.
I appreciate your testimony so far, Mayor Brown.
I have some commentary first. I find it really interesting watching the Liberals make themselves dizzy by chasing their own tails. They're trying to find something that doesn't exist, with no evidence to support whatever they're trying to find. Given the serious nature of foreign interference, it's perplexing that the Liberals would politicize this issue and single you out based purely on your political affiliation. I know you don't want to be partisan. You don't have to answer that unless you wish to do so.
There is something I have seen in the media, which you deal with every single day, and that is the crime going on in your city. I can't imagine the pressure and frustration you feel as a city council and as the mayor of that city.
Can you explain to us what you deal with with the gun violence happening there, as well as the auto thefts and the affordability crisis? You're sitting here being sidelined in the political game, it appears.