Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to start by saying it's a pleasure to be here with all of you in a virtual format.
I'm pleased to talk a bit about the Canada Infrastructure Bank this morning, and in particular, I'm happy to have the opportunity to talk about the importance of infrastructure investment in our country.
As you may know, my interest in this topic goes back a long way. As far back as 2012, I led a project for the Ontario government to look at how pension funds that were not already in a large public sector pension fund could be brought together to increase their opportunities to invest. In particular, one of the objectives was to invest in—