Order.
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.
Good morning, colleagues.
I gave a few minutes' grace before we got started. We have some new folks, and they needed to get acquainted.
We have a new clerk, of course, Jacques Lahaie. He started the morning with some problem-solving right away; we had the refreshments in a different place, so we didn't have any staff chairs for the government side. That has been done very quickly, and I'm very appreciative of that.
Welcome back from the summer, everybody. I hope you've come back refreshed and ready to work hard for veterans. I'm certain that you are.
This is our twenty-fourth meeting. Unless the committee has some other idea--as you know, I've always been at your behest--next week, of course, is a constituency week, but when we come back, hopefully our House leaders and whips will have agreed on the composition of the committee. Then we'll have the election of our chair and vice-chairs and get into new business for this next session.
Yes, Madam Sgro.