Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you very much for being here. I think it's a very useful experience to hear what you have experienced.
In 1994 when the Standing Committee on the Environment put forward recommendations to create the Commissioner of the Environment, it was thought that the advisory committee mechanism would enable the commissioner to solicit regular input from a cross-section of Canadians. Do you have any discretionary power to appoint individuals to one or more of those advisory committees to assist you in the performance of your duties?