Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to say thank you very much to all the witnesses who are appearing at the committee today.
Mr. Bouchard, I want to take this opportunity to thank you for your efforts to advance French-language services in the government. I'm proud to see that we have a good advocate for our French fact.
Mr. Thomson, as your local MP, I want to say thank you for your 30 years of service. When you reached out to our office, it was one of our staff members who spoke to you and certainly it was important that you had a chance to share with us what is happening to you as we were looking at the disability and the backlog.
However, first, I want to say thank you for your 30 years, sir, of serving our country. I appreciate it, and we all say thank you for that.