Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Ministers and officials, for being here today.
Minister, I appreciated your opening comments raising the single most important infrastructure priority facing our country right now, and that's a new bridge between Windsor and Detroit. Recently progress is being made on the American side, as we know, with the defeated Proposal 6 in Michigan, and with Governor Snyder very recently talking about fast-tracking of the project on the U.S. side, I think that's optimistic news; I would characterize it that way.
First of all, the presidential permit, which will be very important, looking to have that issued by the State Department—have you encouraged the Department of State, in terms of expediting, joining with Governor Snyder?
Second, would you care to comment briefly on Governor Snyder's comments regarding fast-tracking?